Quotes About Perseverance

In 1991, while talking with writer Ed Gross, Fred Freiberger summed up his agony over Star Trek with a joke, saying, "I thought the worst experience of my life was when I was shot down over Nazi Germany. A Jewish boy from the Bronx parachuted in to the middle of 80 million Nazis. Then I joined Star Trek. I was only in a prison camp for two years, but my travail with Star Trek has lasted 25 years ... and still counting.

All it takes is all you got.

The art of the saints is the ability to draw good out of every situation, no matter how bitter or painful.

Nothing will frighten it, neither wind nor rain, and if dark [10]clouds come and hide the Star of Love, the little bird will not change its place because it knows that beyond the clouds its bright Sun still shines on and that its brightness is not eclipsed for a single instant.

I learned very quickly since then that the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off.

Thérèse wrote to her sister Léonie, "this thought of the brevity of life gives me courage, it helps me bear the weariness of the road . . . the hour of rest is approaching

On those days when you get up in the morning and you don't feel like praying or don't have the energy to love your neighbor, isn't it wonderful to know that these are the times that you can truly prove your for love God, because it is precisely at these times that your love arises from your will alone without the support of emotion.

St. Teresa of Ávila writes: "The devil gives us great desires so that we will avoid setting ourselves to the task at hand, serving our Lord in possible things, and instead be content with having desired the impossible.

It's inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it

People think writing is an easy job, and in some ways it is. Flexible hours, no boss, no real structure . . . but working without any structure is a bit like sailing a boat in the middle of the ocean. All it takes is an unexpected wave and you're dead in the water.

Nous ne nous battons pas pour mourrir, mais pour la vie.

You're going to be scared in lots of ways in your life, Arthur. But always fight back, and don't hesitate for too long. Think, decide, and then act. Don't have doubts.

When we reach the point we think is the lowest, life has an unsuspected wonder in store for us: life itself.

Men varför stannade du kvar hos honom när det fanns så många fel? - För att han stannade hos mig. För att jag hade lidit allt för mycket rent fysiskt för att orka med nya plågor också.

but doing something was so much better than staying huddled up inside my own prison.

Era necesario confrontar sus sueño con la realidad aún a riesgo de verlos fracasar?

Loose screws are how the light gets in.

If you're good enough to survive, you're going to have to accept that down the road the game changes.

It's over, I won." That's fine and dandy, but most times it isn't true. It isn't the first round that counts; it's the total at the end that decides the winner.

By the way, it's harder to become less tough once you have it than it is to become tough.

In our interview, Conan said something about the secret of his success: "Get yourself in a situation where you have no choice." And that's what I'm doing, because I had no choice.

I know you've probably heard that in show business it can take twenty years to create an overnight success but what you don't hear is that that is the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.

it can take twenty years to create an overnight success but what you don't hear is that that is the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.

Wessex alone had survived, and Alfred had done his best to repair the damage it had suffered.