Quotes About Perseverance

The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfill the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken.

There is scarcely any passion without struggle.

We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him -- but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration -- we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

Since that deluge of newspaper articles I have been so flooded with questions, invitations, suggestions, that I keep dreaming I am roasting in Hell, and the mailman is the devil eternally yelling at me, showering me with more bundles of letters at my head because I have not answered the old ones.

We cannot dispair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.

You never fail until you stop trying.

I hope to die in the saddle seat.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Sometimes it feels as though one is surely committing spiritual suicide. It feels that all that is best in one's life is being eroded and lost. But still go on. This is faith.

A house divided against itself cannot stand,' Ã¢â'¬Â he said in a high-pitched voice. "I believe this government cannot endure

Let not harsh tongues, that wag in vain, Discourage you. In spite of pain, Be like the cactus, which through rain, And storm, and thunder, can remain. —"Be Like the Cactus", a poem by Kimii Nagata

By the faint light Link could see the dog had not obeyed the order to turn his head. But at the man's tone of compassion the great plumy tail began to thump the ground in feeble response. "H'm!" grunted Link, letting the stone drop to the road, "got nerve, too, ain't you, friend? 'Tain't every cuss that can wag his tail when his leg's bust.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current... Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success.

Another jewel is necessary for you, and in certain undertakings cannot be dispensed with. It is what is termed the Kabalistic pentacle... This carries with it the power of commanding the spirits of the elements. It is necessary for you to know how to use it, and that you will learn by perseverance if you are a lover of the science of our predecessors the Sages.

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.