Quotes About Perseverance

No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening — it's painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way" (Hebrews 12:11 NLT).

Los líderes siguen adelante a pesar de sus propios temores.

days of spiritual dryness, doubt, and estrangement from God as "the dark night of the soul.

no solo desea que tengas éxito, sino también obra de manera activa en cada revés para ayudarte a alcanzarlo.

Now that the war looked as if it was going to last forever Ursula had decided she might as well embark on Proust.

Courage is the watchword Miss Armstrong.

You are an old soul," he said. "It can't be easy. But your life is still ahead of you. It must be lived.

her. It was a cruel thing, trying to sprout and find the light of day. It was truth. She wasn't sure that she wanted it.

And when all else is gone, Art remains.

Time did not heal—it merely rubbed at the wound, slowly and relentlessly.

It was then that Teddy realised that they were not so much warriors as sacrifices for the greater good. Birds thrown against a wall, in the hope that eventually, if there were enough birds, they would break that wall.

Rosemary was trying her best to retain good government in this family, against all the odds and without any help from a husband, for whom the quotidian demands of meals and housework and child care were meaningless

They had stepped into marriage in a frail barque that had long ago entered the doldrums and floundered in the deep. Miss Kelling, on the other hand, looked like someone who would steer a steady course. He had entangled his mind horribly in seafaring imagery, there seemed no way out of it except to abandon ship.

one grief after another—her brothers, Father, the money, not to mention the war itself—had taken its toll on her and she had allowed herself to be worn down on the grindstone of Mother.

I know that human triumph is never fully redemptive.

No matter how your world falls apart—and honey, that's what happens: we all build ourselves a world, and then it falls apart—but no matter how that happens, you still have the kind heart you've had since you were a child, and that's what really counts. And I will always be here for you, my butzalah. I love you, Katherine.

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gift -absolute gifts- which have not been acquired by one's effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul.

She had resolved to never take another step backward.

One must possess many gifts … which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover … the artist must possess the courageous soul.

I've been working like a machine, and feeling like a lost soul.

The world was beautiful. It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. In spite of all the lies, it was beautiful.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always be sweetness and light.

The world is dark, and light is precious.