Quotes About Perseverance

I read and reread these pages all day long as I sat next to the cast-iron stove. In the absence of coal, we burned wooden boards pilfered from the rubble of destroyed houses in order to keep warm in these chilly early days of spring. In times of plenty my appetite had always been small, but now I often went hungry.

Ma mère sait se sortir du pétrin. Ma mère fait ce qu'il y a à faire. Elle est une preuve que la vie fonctionne, même après une catastrophe.

Ce n'était pas prévu. Le monde était ainsi pourtant, en suspens, en attente. Et j'allais devoir me battre maintenant.

If you persuade yourself that you can do a certain thing, provided this thing be possible, you will do it however difficult it may be. If on the contrary you imagine that you cannot do the simplest thing in the world, it is impossible for you to do it, and molehills become for you unscalable mountains.

Si vous vous persuadez à vous-même que vous pouvez faire une chose quelconque, pourvu qu'elle soit possible, vous la ferez, si difficile qu'elle puisse être. Si, au contraire, vous vous imaginez ne pas pouvoir faire la chose la plus simple du monde, il vous est impossible de la faire et les taupinières deviennent pour vous des montagnes infranchissables.

Para conseguir el bien que desea, el hombre emprendedor no teme ningún peligro, el trabajador no escatima ningún esfuerzo. Sólo los cobardes y los perezosos no saben ni soportar el mal, ni recobrar el bien que se limitan a desear.

Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron's mission." "We don't mind running. Even when we don't have to.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

Persistence trumps talent and looks every time.

If no one gambled against the grain in good times, there would be no winners to inspire people in the bad times.

Everything is darkest," Xaphen mused, "before the dawn." "That, my brother, is an axiom that sounds immensely profound until you realize it's a lie.

But what was a scar, really? Neither evidence of defeat, nor a medal of triumph. A scar was nothing more than a mark to show that a warrior faced his enemies at all times, never once showing his back.

Luck runs out, Blackmane. Aye. But not today, singer.

I always told myself tough times don't last tough people do... Keep pushing

I always told myself tough times don't last, but tough people do... Keep pushing

I can't claim that I came out of it the winner. But I felt a lot like a kid who has finally found the guts to stand up to the schoolyard bully and tell him to take his best shot: bruised and bloody and thinking maybe that it hadn't been such a hot idea, but - what do you know? - still standing.

No one is a hero at 4:00 a.m.,

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,And it stings you for your pains;Grasp it like a man of mettle,And it soft as silk remains.

Time heals everything apart from corrosion.

When Life throws you down, stand back up once again.

When life throws you down, have the courage to stand back up and dust yourself off.

However honest you may be, your heart is small and your fist is tight. Fall again, mount again, learn how to count again!

I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.

Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.