Quotes About Perseverance

Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandfather!' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree?' And he, bent as he was, turned around and said: 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied: 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss?

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.

Don't fade your faith in my fate.

Life Obstacles are same with Stepping Stones. You stamp on them and stumble; they become Obstacles in your path. But when you step on them and succeed; they serve as your Stepping Stones.

Your feet on your defeat.

Il me semblait voir la vie bouger à côté, frotter et moudre les êtres humains, mais sans me prendre, quoi que je fisse pour m'imposer.

Sometimes a life is so entirely disrupted, on such a large and ungraspable scale, all one can do is face the ruined day.

I see the kind of determination you only recognize if you've felt it yourself. Determination born of desperation transformed into purpose.

Determination born of desperation transformed into purpose. Soon afterward, when I learned of her disappearance, I wasn't the least surprised. I understood. I had disappeared once, too.

As long as there was life there was hope.

How difficult it is to walk through the world with your insides intact.

Determination born of desperation transformed into purpose.

Just because Im not in as much pain as you doesnt mean I dont care. I dont sit there and drown myself in tears, I dont let anything get me down. If I sat there and felt sorry for myself what good would that do? I have my whole life infront of me there will be more bad things to come, But I am prepared to not let them fase me cause its a part of life. Bad things happen to everyone, BUT Goood Things also happen too. Dont look back and dont look to far ahead..

She played the game the way that it was meant to be played?as if her life depended on it. And she seemed driven by some need, or struggle, or fundamental resolve, that preceded the basketball and made it possible..

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Old age is woman's hell.

Having strong enemies is a blessing.

It may seem arduous, but it is easy if you are earnest, and quite impossible if you are not. Everything yields to earnestness.

Everything is okay in the end, if it's not ok, then it's not the end.

Life's not easy, try romancing with it.

Nothing is impossible if it is the right thing to do. Failure is just another reason to keep trying...

Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.

When suffering is great, we are vulnerable to doubt. She

There are things in this world that no human being should be able to endure. We should die of heartbreak, but we do not. Instead, we are forced to survive, to bear witness.