Quotes About Perseverance

Act as though there is nothing wrong, and you can make it true, for a while.

It wasn't her blood. It was the blood of those who had fought over her like mad beasts while she lay stunned.

The world can be big, and stink, and it hurts if you fall off, but hey, it's worth trying, mostly, and what doesn't kill you…Well, it doesn't kill you.

To learning experiences, even though they suck.

In this light, her hair was the colr of sandstone. She was sandstone: a spire of rock rising from an otherwise featureless desert. No toeholds.

Her back was very straight as she walked away, despite the fact that, on top of jet lag, she must have been up all night taking charge of my life.

How would she be the light of the world feeling like this?

She wiped her eyes, her not-blue eyes, and walked on through a drift of rain so fine it settled on her sleeve like dew.

She could no more stop thinking than stop breathing.

By the time they saw the outer walls of Caer Leon, her legs were steadier though inside she felt a shiver like an ash key twirling too fast in the wind.

Two risks, not one. But it was done.

Peretur laughed. Risk. Her whole life was risk. And now, today, with Nimuë at her side-and keeping food down-Peretur feelt she could slay a dragon.

The burning was something to hold on to as her headache threatened to engulf the world.

You are a seer overwhelmed by vision, not a silly maid who can't hold her drink. You will not hide. You will not hang your head. You will smile. You will eat. You will make a show of drinking your wine. One more sip of this. Good. Now gather your wits.

Her mind was empty of everything but the feel of iron gritting through muscle and cartilege.

An aristocratic society is one where the desire for personal perfection is the animating spirit of the social institutions.

Ich wandle in der Finsternis. Doch mich leitet der Duft des Ginsters.

Let us be careful not to call accepting what degrades us without any resistance "accepting life".

Hâtez-vous lentement, sans perdre courage. Vingt fois sur le métier, remettez votre ouvrage. Polissez-le sans cesse et le repolissez. Ajoutez quelquefois et souvent effacez.

I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me.

Stubbornness equals character roughly as lust equals love.

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

He who leaves the game wins it.

La volonté est ce qui lâche en dernier, bien après le cœur.