Quotes About Perseverance

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

that at all. We're so used to failure, to being hurt and rebuffed, that we can easily come unhinged by success.

i am rejuvenated bones rising from the dear floor where they found you

come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.

And I could tell you about things we been through, some awful ones, some wonderful, but I know that the things that make us are more than that, our lives are more than the days in them, our lives are our line and we go on. I type that and I swear I can see Ca'line standing in the green of Virginia, in the green of Afrika, and I swear she makes no sound but she nods her head and smiles.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.

There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by soft falling.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

The falling drops at last will wear the stone.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.