Quotes About Perseverance

No one survives the future, of course. Over the years I have rushed it, run from it, tried to shunt myself from its track. That these efforts did not succeed does not mean that I regret them.

All my life, I have taken satisfaction in finishing things in order that I may experience a sense of achievement, regardless of whether the thing was really worth achieving.

No one survives the future, of course. Over the years I have rushed it, run from it, tried to shunt myself from it's track. That these efforts did not succeed does not mean that I regret them.

Like the angel holding the globe on the statue's pedestal, we infantry tried to hand the world back to itself intact, though we who fought have been blown apart. Whether the world will hold together remains to be seen.

Oftentimes, what causes old people to become poor walkers is poor walking. One must bend one's knees. One must lift one's feet up. One must be unceasing. One mustn't shuffle.

That I was a success is not apparent now; that I would be a success was not apparent then.

Five years later those fellows were all gone, their capital vanished like so much cigar smoke, while I churned out the only commodities that still held their value: courage, poise, humor, and hope.

The last poem I wrote before they sent me in was called "Blackout;" it went like this: When life seems gray And short of fizz It seems that way Because it is.

In every book she'd ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served to harden their resolve.

We shall have no leaders left before long!" the pastor cried bitterly. "We are not abandoned," the doctor told him quietly. "Neither is one man indispensable, however much we may mourn him personally. Each of us does as much as he can and when he disappears someone else finds the courage to take his place.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

I could persevere and overcome all odds. I didn't want to feel like a quitter on this relationship, or anything else.

Para alcanzar el éxito se requieren dos cualidades: el compromiso y la autodisciplina».

Donde una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. 'Where a door is closed, another is opened.' – From Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

I was not born for death and yet I have died a thousand times, he thought. And now I am born again for these hard times.

For those who believe.

For there is a new place for those who are willing, who are able, who are strong. We are going west. There is, I believe, a new world somewhere waiting. The moon that shines here will shine there, but here the land is broken and there it is whole.

Hope is never a foolish thing—although others will tell you it is.

No slouch" was okay, but "any ocean" was definitely preferable - metaphorically speaking.

Could he climb, using his talons and beak?

Gylf, you can practice forever and still never fly if you do not really believe you can.

Zan and I have always believed that there is more goodness than evil in the world. But you know, you still got to work at it.

Dream on, you addle-brained idiot bird.

My best advice for aspiring writers is to read a lot and write. Don't worry if you don't get your first, fifth or tenth novel published, if you keep going you'll make it. Also read how to write books as they may make the process a bit quicker.