Quotes About Perseverance

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.

The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.' Given what happened to her, it's one of the miracles of the world that she said that.

To have survived in radio for 30 years is pretty remarkable. Even more remarkable is to have been able to do it in the same market I've lived in my whole life.

I've been married a couple of times and survived!

Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

Messrs. Washington and Lincoln faced enormous difficulties, but they both gave their lives to make sure America survived.

The power organisation of Israel gives what they can to fight me, to cause me some harm, damages in health, mind, and they succeed little bit, but I survived and I am now free, but it was very hard - a very difficult time - and I wish no one would suffer what I suffered, and then when I speak to you and try to be human being like everyone.

Jimmy Boggs was born in a little town called Marion Junction, Alabama, where there were as many pigs, or more pigs, than even the people. But you know what? People in the South had an understanding that you could make a way out of no way, and that's how they survived.

I know and live with the real Dilip Kumar. He is a simple man, hard working, who has survived time.

Travelgate eventually faded, and the nation somehow survived - American exceptionalism at work again.

I want to share the things I've done, the things I've survived, the things I've struggled through.

Northern Arizona was a job no one had ever survived, and a lot of people said I was crazy to take it. But to build a program and win there gave me a lot of confidence when people said we couldn't do it at Pitt.

When I started going to school, I started getting used to things, like the language. After that, I started adapting to school, friends, and everything. It was really difficult, to start with, but I survived.

The one amazing thing about 'Jack' is that I did it in 2001, you know, and it still survived. There's something about it that's connected with people.

I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.

Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.

When I was a kid, I had scarlet fever. I wasn't supposed to have survived it. When I got out of bed, my bones were so soft that they kind of bent. I had a slight limp for probably three years after.

It was a miracle that I became an actress. I survived because of hard work and perseverance.

I've survived through my love for the game.

I don't have agencies presenting me, no big production house launching me, nobody from the industry backing me. I am all alone and have spent 14 years in this industry; and I am proud that I've survived for so long without any support.

I've survived a lot of managers, so I must have been doing something right.

I survived, but I wanted to give up so many times.