Quotes About Perseverance

My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.

I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

How often have I painted a splendid picture of a journey marked by courageous ascents and daring desert crossings when all along all I've really been doing is running?

If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that where I get knocked down is all about where life begins, and has nothing to do with where it ends.

It was my journey and i had to do it without help. I had to find my own strengths, face my own fears.

To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place.

After all, the fear is the thing which keep us alive, why do you want to get rid of it??

Fear is like an illusion of a dangerous wall between you and your goal.

Disappointment gives you Fear.Credence gives you Strength.

I turned to face her. "What about fear. Can you outrun it?""Only if ye stand still and face it do ye have a chance against fear.

You have the courage and will to overcome your fear and do what's required.

I know very little about darkness, Mr Bowden, except that we cannot stop its coming.

Learning how to endure your disappointment and frustration is part of the job o fa creative person...Frustration is not an interruption of your process

If you hold back for fear of making a mistake you will never accomplish what you must.And with each challenge you will become stronger.

Think of how far you've come, " Maggie said softly. "And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go

The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

There is always a moment in our lives when we are destined to fall the way we ever feared of.

Hope transcends everything. It goes beyond all doubts. It silences fear. It quiets despair.

But that was the thing about courage. Sometimes you had to fake it to feel it.

I've been badly scared myself, badly, for quite a few years now. You learn to live with it.

A candle is at its brightest in the dark.