Quotes About Perseverance

Damn it, Mercy." He didn't like to swear in front of women. I always counted it a personal triumph when I could make him do it.

It was discouraging how quickly the beginnings of a sweater turned into a loose pile of yarn.

That which doesn't destroy us . . ." "Leaves us scratching our heads and saying, 'What's next?

Running from vampires, again. Still. Go me!

Survival is not a pretty business.

Too early to tell," Gary said. "It doesn't look good, but saying 'it's over' before it actually is will make certain the outcome.

Action is the best cure for despair.

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird." I

But I've learned that there are always terrible things, and sometimes it is very important to grasp what joy and beauty you can, whenever you can.

scars do not bother me. They are the laurels of the survivor.

Katherine Briggs

If it weren't for his tendency to get bored with easy stuff, he'd never have hired me. Then I'd have had to take my liberal arts degree and gotten a job at McDonald's or Burger King like all the rest of the history majors.

But despair was not a synonym for sorrow or regret. Despair was the loss of hope.

But I know war. And every day I can hold it off is valuable to me, and to its victims.

Don't mourn us until we're dead. ~ Samuel

Do not go gentle into that good night,' Samuel. 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Patricia Briggs

Then I'd have had to take my liberal arts degree and gotten a job at McDonald's or Burger King like all the rest of the history majors. We worked companionably in silence for

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

I am determined to have the headache Thursday, if I have to hit myself with a rock to do it.

William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of the time he didn't say much. But when he was curious about something, he was stubborner than a bear after a honeycomb.

I'd rather be eaten by a dragon.

Haven't you learned by now that it's always one thing after another? Being busy is no excuse. Everyone's busy.

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.