Quotes About Perseverance

I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun.

I was fifteen and with every ounce of my strength I was leaning into my thoughts to make them slant reality toward the light.

Even as I worried, I admired her strength and unwillingness to give in to the virus in her blood. "I'm fighting to show that I can still succeed," she told me once. "An HIV-positive person is not a disable person. I still have my dreams.

Life has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.

Whatever you do in life, don't give up on your own dreams.

What was more brutal than loss of hope?

I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that's what I did.

My bulimia was my addiction. Hurting myself was my addiction... The music is what saved me. That's the only thing I can trust.

I've always been too hard on myself to behave like I've arrived or even to enjoy whatever success I've had. I've always envisioned myself higher than where I was and I still do. With each success I think, 'That's nice but I'm supposed to go there!'

A lot of songs are empowering because everybody who has been through a hard time in a relationship or in their lives can relate to it.

If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.

Those who are afraid to fail may not deserve to succeed.

If you believe you can, and believe it strongly enough, you will be amazed at what you can do.

A big tree catches the wind' is a true saying.

Others found the implication odd that they could live their way forever- working and drinking and watching TV- and why they would want to.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

Wenn Sie schon Blut, Schweiß und Tränen in den Rest des Menüs investiert haben, dann holen Sie einen leckeren Kuchen aus der Konditorei.

when confidence is undermined or ruptured, it can be difficult to do the simplest things, or to take any enjoyment even in trying.

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.

There is no finish line.

Niki Behrikis Shanahan

A core part of my story is that I always wanted more and I will never settle for anything less."

The real crunch comes when there is no yoghurt.