Quotes About Perseverance

Patricia McLinn

Patricia Morrisroe

No, señor. The deeper you push the iron into them, the harder they fight you.

Never mind being afraid of eleven right now.

They flew out of town as if all the devils in hell were after them, but once out of sight, Cade slowed the horse and inquired anxiously, "Are you all right? I wasn't thinking. The child...?" Lily leaned her head against his back and gasped for breath now that the horse had found a steady pace. She shook her head in answer to his question. "I rode an oxen wagon from Mississippi when I was four months gone with Roy. I am fine." This

He had done it. He had taken her. Now all he had to do was keep her. *

Yes, after every book is finished I decide it is the last one, and then I get an idea in my head and it germinates and before I know it I've started typing and we are off again.

Our characters are forged in fires we didn't build.

rocky terrain is unavoidable and may even be the path to something wonderful. "We can count on chaos,

Nike's snappy logo "Just do it" reminds us that it's unnecessary to be motivated, get ourselves together, or even feel like doing it. The key is to get up and go.

Ya?am?n oldu?u yerde umut vard?r.

It is hard work to win back love. But don't give up. Those who persevere find more happiness in earning love than they do in gaining it.

mean that if you spend your time putting the love of your heart into what you do for those who are not your friends, you may often be disappointed and discouraged. But if you keep on trying you will find your happiness in loving, whether you are loved back or not.

I feel like a little tug in a great storm. But I'm fastened to a great ship on ahead. It's going into port and can't lose its way.

you get through terrible things trying to make them better for other people

I've been riding horses since I was eight. I've never ridden well. Still, there's nothing I'd rather do.

THE NEXT FEW days were got through as days of that sort are got through. You have to live them, and know them, and feel them, and when they are over you have to get on with the business of living again.

and the poet, Longfellow.

She had come to an inner strength that held her up. When things were so bad that they couldn't be any worse, something came to you—some courage, some control.

I was a grown woman before I found out black folks aren't the only ones who have hard times. Everybody's got a struggle. Nobody gets through this life easy.

There is a myth in this country that the way out of poverty is to "pull yourself up by your bootstraps," that by sheer force of will one can change the course of one's life, no matter how great the obstacles. But in all my years reporting, I've never once spoken to someone who came from abject poverty and transcended that path without help.

I realized that aging gracefully was less about grace and more about strength. I had to toughen up.

My strength was returning as we went on. It occurred to me then that it was in times of struggle that I found the best parts of myself-courage, loyalty, an unexpected peace- and I always discovered what I needed to break through and go on.

Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad to get what you need.