Quotes About Perseverance

when you seem to get yourself down, teach yourself to think like the eagle always, and let your spirit soar high. Feel the strength of his wings, and feel the beat of his heart so that your spirit soars high and you can look down and see just how small things really are.

The artist who cannot conquer difficulties is not going to be much of a success.

Industry without talent is useless. Talent without industry is exasperating. The two together can make an artist.

It's how we handle those bad things that measures our worth.

Men! Why did they always have to be so difficult? "There will always be ups and downs, but I like to think if Nate's beside me, we'll get through it.

But God doesn't make bad things happen or necessarily stop them from happening. What He does do is give us strength to understand and persevere, learn from and through the tragedy.

Anybody that's ever loved has been hurt, some worse than others. Hearts ripped, trust gone, even hope tossed in the trash." Those eyes grew brighter, the voice softer. "But if you fight for it and keep talking, you can get through it to the other side. And that's where you have another chance.

The Lord only gives us what we can handle and

A person could only mope around so long feeling sorry for himself and then he needed to get over it and get moving.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

While most girls run away from home to marry, I ran away to teach.

I will not shrink from undertaking what seems wise and good, because I labor under the double handicap of race and sex; but, striving to preserve a calm mind with a courageous, cheerful spirit, barring bitterness from my heart, I will struggle all the more earnestly to reach the goal.

A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs; To-day is sad. In the bland To-be, Serene and lovely To-morrow lies.

Today--the partial result, the pain; Tomorrow--fruition, the perfect part.

It's been hard. Easier was the wrong word. There's nothing easy about freedom. You have to strive. You have to make a plan and stick to it.

Love is a minefield. You take a step and get blown to pieces put yourself back together again and stupidly take another step. I guess that's human nature. It hurts so much to be alone that we'd all rather blow up than be single.

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars.

Hearts will never be made practical until they are made unbreakable.

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'

Until your heart stops beating, Bella. Ill be here, fighting. Dont forget that you have options.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.