Quotes About Perseverance

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Near as I can tell, God intended me to be a witness. Like those little children who survived the concentration camps. He wanted me to tell my story, reach out a hand to anyone I could. And I've done that, thirty years or so.

I mean, if you give in when you're eighteen and a half, you'll give in for the rest of your life, don't you think?

Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.

One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.

It's better to burn out than to fade away.

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.

A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.

It's better to burn out than it is to rust.

Hate was just a legend And war was never known The people worked together And they lifted many stones. They carried them to the flatlands And they died along the way But they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today.

It's hard enough losing with out the confusion of knowing I tried.

I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see if he can come out. Try to lose the down that he's found. But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart?

Neil Young David Briggs

He didn't understand how sadness came so easily to people. For him it was like a pile of rocks that had to be moved one at a time. Just thinking about it made him tired.

Calm yourself. Calm yourself . . . " In time I do, and I move forward.

Had I no limbs to walk to him, I would crawl.

Lesson learned? Essential lesson learned! You can erase what you draw, even what you've spent a long time drawing and sweating over it. You can throw away what you paint and, as I learned to do later, cut it up and incorporate it into a new painting. A lesson to take straight to heart, and not only in art making.

The next best thing to winning is losing At least you've been in the race.

There is no way of being a creative writer in America without being a loser.

Sometimes shit happens even if you have a shit shield

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.