Quotes About Perseverance

Whether it's at their job, or their family, whatever - everyone feels that they're stuck in some kind of struggle. The idea is how to find your way out of it.

Keeping your family together is an extraordinary feat - especially in the face of great conflict.

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.

I'ma make sure the family keep a decent meal, no matter what I got to do or who I got to kill.

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.

My family knew, but most of the sporting world did not realize that my right hand been some 75% paralyzed.

Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language.

I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.

... family and friends aren't always ready to make the journey when you are, and you just have to keep plowing along whether they have confidence in you or not. That can be very lonely.

I needed to feed my family. I read a couple of the episodes. How can you keep on doing the same thing?

I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

I have the most amazing and supportive family. My parents always encouraged us to aim high and follow our dreams. They instilled in us that nothing worth having comes easy.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.

Marriage takes perseverance and determination. There are always opportunities to walk away from marriage but I feel very strongly that you have a responsibility once you start a family.

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away.

What are you doing son, you're gonna drive yourself insane. You'll never find the sunshine, when you're following the rain.

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.

My parents went through hell and back. They came to America with suitcases and a family of seven and $250, and that's it.

I don't think there's any danger of my ever becoming complacent about losing. I always hated to lose, regardless of what it was, even when the family was playing Yahtzee.

Families and their problems go on and on, and they aren't solved, they're dealt with.