Quotes About Perseverance

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

The individual can do nothing and yet he can do everything.… I am on the side of struggle.

La patience est une guerre qui se livre souvent avant la vraie bataille.

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to.

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

mosquito pupils." I do not know the exact meaning of the term, but it seems to mean those people who practice their arts only during the season when mosquitoes are plentiful.

Some of you may practice zazen all alone at home with this book of mine as a guide. If you do, you must be well prepared for suffering. If there is no suffering, your sitting will be futile and you will find it difficult to continue zazen.

I feel amazed when I look back on those days and the things that I learned to tolerate. How much my ability to tolerate hurts flung at me has taken out of me!

Opera producer Larry Kelly

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

...I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes."...

Tell me how you crumble when you hit the wall,the place you cannot go beyond by the strength of your own will. What carries you to the other side of that wall, to the fragile beauty of your own humanness?