Quotes About Perseverance

Your highest self is revealed in your lowest moments.

On a journey, ill,And over fields all withered, dreamsGo wandering still.

At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a poet until I could establish a proud name over others. The alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless.

Had I crossed the pass Supported by a stick, I would have spared myself The fall from the horse.

I'm touched by this chrysanthemum it weathered the typhoon

Poor boy - leaves moon-viewing for rice-grinding.

First winter rain – I plod on, Traveller, my name.

Weather-beaten heart the wind must blow right through my body

Even if you hate me, Zero...I will tame that beast in you...as many times as necessary. If you haven't completely lost your sanity...I won't let you die. Hate vampires, hate me...at least that means you haven't given up!" Yuki said to Zero. "How can I hate you?" Zero questioned Yuki.

No matter how dim the light filtering through the trees is, you can still try your best to grasp it. -Kaien Cross

Yuki (in a standoff with Zero): We're going to stay like this until vol. 10? Why...don't we sit down...Zero? Zero: I can't. If I sit down, I won't be able to get up again. (I've reached my limits in many ways). Yuki: Well, I'm going to sit...

Struggle until you can't struggle anymore. Just now you decided to live your life... Don't run away.

It takes courage and conviction to succeed in the spotlight.

I had a nightmare about being Trapped in an elevator with a self-made man-- He was born with a silver bootstrap in his mouth; He pulled himself up by his spoons. But when he lived in the fraternity, Before he could roll his sleeves up and get anything done, He would pack his laundry into boxes And mail it off to his mother and his grandmother-- They would wash and iron his clothes, And then mail them back to him.

If your movies don't perform, they just stop calling you.

I think things will always be okay between us, Clark. That's what I'm beginning to realize. Until they're not. Know what I mean? And even then they'll probably still be okay.

It's possible to do everything right and still lose. That's not a weakness. It's life.

Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.

Sometimes people just need thunderbolts. Thunderbolts to climb like stairs. Sometimes people just need a talisman. A promise in the lectern of their hands.

The same willingness to face reality that allows certain athletes to accept a negative turn of events also helps them bear what must be borne to address the bad situation.

I beat cancer, I had kids, and I did this with a disability. You couldn't knock me off that mountaintop.

A girl need not necessarily have the perfect start in life to fulfill such a dream.

The less we choose to need, and the less we rely on comfortable, favorable circumstances for peace of mind, the more control we have over our thoughts, emotions, and behavior. "Pain is the purifier," he taught. "Walk towards suffering. Love suffering. Embrace it.

That it's possible. You just have to fight. It will not be easy. But you can manage. Because life is giving you as much pain as you are capable [of living] with. And on the end of that path, the goal will be reachable. You will have suffered to do [it], but it doesn't matter.