Quotes About Perseverance

Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn't fight my battles for me. She doesn't guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies.

My mom's funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.

Please tell me we don't have to find it, Percy said. I've had enough giant magic statues for one trip.

there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius

My resolve, my anger, even my grief gave me confidence

To be human is to move forward, to adapt, to believe in your ability to make things better. That is the only way to make the pain and sacrifice mean something

Why did it have to be so hard? Why couldn't there be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time?

His family included all the demigods who fought at his side, Roman and Greek, new friends and old. He wasn't going to let anyone break his family apart.

Jason rose from his deathbed so he could drown with the rest of the crew.

The weight of the sky dropped onto Atlas's back, almost smashing him flat until he managed to get to his knees, struggling to get out from under the crushing weight of the sky. But it was too late. Noooooo! He bellowed so hard it shook the mountain. Not again! Atlas was trapped under his old burden.

The real world is where the monsters are. That's where you learn whether you're any good or not.

You've got to be kid- Well, crud, what just happened there? I ran out of syl-

Nothing is unfixable.

Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.

Reyna tried to think. She could accept death if she had to, but if the Athena Parthenos was destroyed, their quest would fail. Reyna could not accept that.

They were thirty feet away—much too far to reach the elevator—but Leo pulled out a screwdriver and chucked it like a throwing knife. An impossible shot. The screwdriver spun straight past Clytius and slammed into the UP button.

I raised my face to the heavens. "Please, Father, I get the point. Please, I can't do this!" Zeus did not answer. He was probably too busy recording my humiliation to share on Snapchat.

Annabeth stumbled and almost slipped on the giant's severed ear. 'We need to get out of here.' 'I'm working on it,' Piper said. 'And, uh, I think this ear is your spoil of war.' 'Gross.' 'Would make a lovely shield.' 'Shut up, Chase.

As Annabeth hung in the air, descending hand over hand with the ladder swinging wildly, she thanked Chiron for all those years of training on the climbing course at Camp Half-Blood. She'd complained loudly and often that rope climbing would never help her defeat a monster. Chiron had just smiled, like he knew this day would come.

I just wish we could move faster.' He chin-pointed to Nico. 'I don't see how this kid is going to last one more jump. How many more will it take us to get home?

Tyson put his hand on Grover´s shoulder I -I will go with him. I couldn´t believe I was hearing this. Tyson are you sure? The big guy nodded. Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. I am not like Hephaestus. I trust friends.

When in doubt, Calypso said, Tater Tots.

Oh, obviously," Reyna said. "Without you, I doubt Percy could find his way out of a paper bag." "True," Annabeth agreed. "Hey!" Percy complained.

They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.