Quotes About Perseverance

And before that, there was, oh, I don't know, editors experiencing demonic possessions and devouring lagging midlist writers. It's always something.

I'll do my best," Wilson said. "Your best got you stationed on the Clarke," Abumwe said. "Do better than that.

The three rules of writing: 1. It's Work. 2. It's Work. 3. Surprise! It's Work.

It's not too bad. I'll live." "Can you walk?" Sagan asked. "As long as I'm not required to like it

The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another—it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time. You

Confidence isn't about knowing you're right. Confidence is about knowing you can make it right. You have doubts because it makes sense for you to have doubts. Just like it made sense for me to have doubts. But remember the plan is not the goal.

Confidence isn't about knowing you're right. Confidence is about knowing you can make it right. You have doubts because it makes sense for you to have doubts. Just like it made sense for me to have doubts. But remember the plan is not the goal. What is your goal?

Don't you ever want to stop fighting?" I asked. "Why?" Jane asked. "Well, for one thing, it dramatically cuts down your chances of violent death

You don't win by getting through all your life not having done anything.

The goal was the goal, and we were going to get to it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.

They are still in rebellion. You don't win a rebellion by default.

the plan was not the goal. The goal was the goal, and we were going to get to it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.

the Cubs ought to have been demoted to the minor leagues after they went two centuries without a World Series championship.

the one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men." But

Don't think that it's your fate to feel badly in your heart. Act until your heart is singing again!

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

Ultimately, my love saved me, for my love gave me strength. At night, when sleep was sunwilling to rescue me, I gritted my teeth and devoured my fondest memories.

Musuh membiak seperti tikus. Kau injak mereka, kau racun mereka, kau bakar mereka, akan lebih banyak lagi yang muncul! Tidak ada bedanya apakah kau hidup pada masa perang atau damai, makmur atau kelaparan! Musuh selalu menyusun rencana di belakangmu. (Shah Jahan dalam Taj Mahal, Kisah Cinta Abadi)

Because...because how can I expect the world to be a better place if I ain't gonna try real hard to make it better?

Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished you are always surprised. - John Steinbeck from the Fall 1975 issue of The Paris Review

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

He never fell, never slipped back, never flew.

It's all fine to say, "Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away. People will forget"—and things like that when you are not involved, but when you are there is no passage of time, people do not forget and you are in the middle of something that does not change.

Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do.