Quotes About Perseverance

I have failed, and failed, and failed again,' he said. 'But no amount of failure can move Elyon's hand of affection away from me. It's inescapable. To live boldly for that kind of love is the least I can do.

That thing, that tiny part of The Land of Elyon, is gone but not entirely forgotten. Elyon had his reason for sending you and me on this journey. Sometimes we see something as plain as a dying leaf and our hearts grow sad, but we must always hold true and fight on, Alexa. Whatever happens to us, we will not be forgotten in the end. He will remember us.

She had long been a cold and calculating person, and yet she had never given in to the darkness entirely. She would remember her mother's touch or the voice of a lost friend, and the tiniest bit of hope would return.

There's a hell all right. It's just not where people say it is....It's here. It's life, or it's what we turn life into, I guess. It's like we have to pass through all this painful stuff to get to where we're supposed to be, on the other side.

Wars are lost by thinking the impossible won't happen.

I think we were meant to fight a good fight, and I think we're better for fighting it.

The Road of Bones," said Dan. "That's a little bit unpleasant even by my standards.

Faith, hope, and revenge. These words would be her mantra

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.

If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely discover you ahve no wings.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sorry Mr. Yipes, sir, she won't budge!' Put your back into it, man, give it all you've got!' Bang! Bang! Bang!

You are indestructible .J For some reason I felt light-headed when I finished writing and looked up at her, like I'd stood up too fast or the oxygen had left my brain. Oh pulled her arm back, looked thoughtfully at the words, and replied, "It's upside down, but I like it. You done good, Jacob.

La difficulté n'est pas d'espérer mais de demeurer capable de fasciner l'inespéré.

La nuit avance ainsi, dans l'hécatombe des héroïsmes et le hasard des survivances.

All I'm trying to tell you is to be strong. Don't ever let nothing get you down. Don't be afraid or ashamed to love, or to grieve when the thing you love is gone. Just don't let it throw you, no matter how much it hurts.

Tu "mano a mano" ha sido acertado. -¿Te refieres a mi "mano a diente"? No te mentiré, me ha sentado bien. -TT. No has hecho más que ahorrarme problemas. Llevaba un tiempo medio suelto. -¿Medio suelto? ¿Por alguna pelea? -No. -Entonces, ¿qué? Tío. No me digas que aún tienes... ¿dientes de leche? -La dentición temporal de los humanos...

Those who run fast in life will be given an extra load to carry so that they may keep up with those that are walking through life.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

So I'd been captured? So I was starving? Did that mean I had to shrivel up and die? I could still slither. I could still hiss. Nothing had been stolen from me except my freedom. What I needed was a new plan.

During this time, he worked a series of odd jobs—a stint at a plasma center and then a temporary job service—but his chronic drinking and attitude always cost him his employment. Eventually, he got a job working third shift at the Ambrosia Chocolate Factory in downtown Milwaukee. His new job provided him with an ample salary, but third shift was hard on his body and he found it difficult to sleep.

Put your sails up and prepare them for action, but recognize that the wind will blow when it chooses to, not when you want it to.

Each day is a tiny trial in which you have the opportunity to improve yourself,

Victory in war is made up of simple things. But in war, even the simplest things are hard.

The notion that I had walked twelve hundred miles since Rotterdam filled me with a legitimate feeling of something achieved. But why should the thought that nobody knew where I was, as though I were in flight from bloodhounds or from worshipping corybants bent on dismemberment, generate such a feeling of triumph? It always did.