Quotes About Perseverance

The revenant, he knew, searched for him.

Lots of loose ends don't ever get tied up. Play the hand you're dealt. Move on." Kiowa

They stood there for a while, with no sound but the flapping of the flag. "It's not that simple, Kiowa." "Of course it's not simple. Who said it was simple? But you know what? Lots of loose ends don't ever get tied up. Play the hand you're dealt. Move on." Kiowa

He would crawl until his body could support a crutch. If he only made three miles a day, so be it. Better to have those three miles behind him than ahead.

If luck wouldn't find him, he would do his best to make his own.

Still, he thought, there was no luck at all in standing still. The next morning he would crawl forward again. If luck wouldn't find him, he would do his best to make his own.

Michael Punke

Misfortune seemed to hang on him like day-before smoke.

If luck wouldn't find him, we would do his best to make his own.

Glass' wife: As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight. You breathe. Keep breathing. When there is a storm. And you stand in front of a tree. If you look at its branches, you swear it will fall. But if you watch the trunk, you will see its stability.

Of course it's not simple. Who said it was simple? But you know what? Lots of loose ends don't ever get tied up. Play the hand you're dealt. Move on." Kiowa

Blood oozed from deep puncture wounds at his neck and shoulder. His right arm flopped unnaturally. From the middle of his back to his waist, the bear's raking claws left deep, parallel cuts. It reminded Harris of tree trunks he had seen where bears mark their territory, only these marks were etched in flesh instead of wood. On the back of Glass's thigh, blood seeped through his buckskin breeches. Harris

Reaching Fort Brazeau seemed markedly anticlimactic. True, it was a milestone. Yet for Glass the fort did not mark a finish line to cross with elation, but rather a starting line to cross with resolve.

Faith is the ability to endure.

You could only to your best, and hope for a strong tail wind to waft you faster to your destination. Until then, you played the game, kept your tongue civil, and spoke favorably of your enemies when either they or their spies might overhear.

At first I was surprised by how hard it was for our church to navigate all this.

Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)

We need the darkness to appreciate the light, and the bumps along the road to stop us falling asleep at the wheel.

The worst hour of your life is only sixty minutes long

So when you start getting scared, remember that the longest night is only eight hours and the longest hour is only sixty minutes. Dawn is always going to come - unless you don't want it to.

The planet turns. Time passes. We move forward even when we're standing still.

Some people are born to suffer. It never stops for them, not for a second .... they are made for it - sustained by it.

I've discovered the secret of revenge. Outlive the f---ers! I'll dance on their graves.

Today was not ours, but there's always tomorrow.