Quotes About Perseverance

He'd take his time. All good things came to those who danced when others least expected to find anything on the head of a pin.

Impossible is just another word for 'loser who gives up.

I work my hardest at everything. That's just achieving, not overachieving.

You should have died

All I've ever wanted was to go pro ever since my dad first put me in hockey when I was 7. Some of the other kids go to fancy hockey camps in the summer and practice with the best coaches, but I never could. My folks are divorced and even working two jobs, my mom could barely keep up with the rent, so my hockey fees were partly subsidized and my dad paid the rest. There was no money available to help my performance. I had to earn my chops on the ice by myself.

After the sprints, which left my knees feeling like vanilla pudding, Brad let us grab a drink from our water bottles and rest for a minute. Practice wasn't even half over and I already felt ready to quit.

I'd worked plenty hard in practice before, but never had I come off the ice and had every single muscle in my whole body ache with tiredness. All I wanted was a hot shower and about 30 tons of food. My stomach felt like it was eating its own lining. I sure hoped there were groceries at home.

Note that he said, "…but I am going to try to work on my marriage." My mother, a therapist, used to say, "There are those who try and those who do." I agree wholeheartedly. "Trying" connotes tentativeness, when what

Choosing to be an artist . . . is choosing to mine deep caverns. It's like getting lost in the darkness and spending the rest of your life trying to find your way.

It's the pressing on toward the goal that is important, not simply trying to look perfect or be perfect. And it's also important to forget what is behind us, because we cannot change our pasts. We can, however, look forward and fix our eyes on Jesus as we listen to His direction.

But I have nothing for her. Not a single idea. I'm not sure I have another book in me. In fact, I'm pretty sure I don't." "You said that after the last book." Tom took a big bite, chewed until he could talk again. "Maybe you should come back to church. Lots of ideas there.

The church will be fine," said Tom. "The church is fine." "Sparlo always said, 'Ministers come and go but the church endures.

Work hard, be yourself, and have fun!

I confess... if I typo a Facebook post I will edit it. I know it's only Facebook but it's an editing sickness.

I love my career. It is a career. A difficult one that takes many hours and total dedication to my craft. It is also what I was born to do--tell stories and entertain.

He had seen so much of life, but even more of death. He had seen countless eras come and go and still he braved forward, forever alone. And here she was ready to give up after a few lousy years. She was a coward.

I had struggled so hard and so long that I had simply exhausted myself, only to find that God had all the time in the world to wait for me to allow Him to free me.

You'll know if he loves you by how long he's willing to fight.

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so...

I'm not staring. I'm observing. . . . And what do you observe? . . . A brave young woman who has always fought for what was right, even when it was unpopular.

Even in the most wretched life, there's hope.

When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn't break.

trunk. "Only you and Octavian can endure it. Our mother would never

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so, Mutnodjmet.