Quotes About Steadfastness

When thou hast assumed these names, good, modest, true, rational, a man of equanimity, and magnanimous, take care that thou dost not change these names; and if thou shouldst lose them, quickly return to them.

Haz por semejarte al peñasco batido sin cesar por las olas: permanece inmóvil y a su alrededor desmaya la efervescencia de las aguas.

Be the stone cliff against which the waves constantly break, standing firm against the fury of the sea.

No reniegues, ni renuncies, ni te impacientes, si no se materializa la ejecución de cada acción según criterios rectos; por el contrario, aunque te quedes fuera de combate, vuelve a él con insistencia, conténtate si la mayor parte de tus acciones están por encima de lo humano y desea el combate al que vuelves. No

always, whether in the sharpest pains, or after the loss of a child, or in long diseases, to be still the same man;

Jadilah seperti tebing di pinggir laut yang terus dihujam ombak, tetapi tetap tegar dan menjinakkan murka air di sekitarnya.

Conservar-se forte e constante na trilha da moderação e da sobriedade em todas as situações é marca de um homem possuidor de uma alma íntegra e imbatível; e foi assim que ele se revelou na doença de Máximo.

49. To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.

Firstly, fret not thyself, for all things are as the Nature of the Universe would have them, and within a little thou shalt be non-existent, and nowhere, like Hadrianus and Augustus. Secondly, look stead fastly at the thing, and see it as it is and, remembering withal that thou must be a good man, and what the Nature of man calls for, do this without swerving, and speak as seemeth to thee most just, only be it graciously, modestly, and without feigning.

He was not easily moved and tossed up and down, but loved to be constant

The business of life is more akin to wrestling than dancing, for it requires of us to stand ready and unshakable against every assault however unforeseen.

Be like a promontory against which the waves are always breaking. It stands fast, and stills the waters that rage around it.

Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly; but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. Ah, unlucky am I, that this has befallen me! No, but rather, lucky am I, that though this has befallen me, yet am I still unhurt, neither crushed by the present nor dreading the future.

Budi poput krševite obale o koju se neprestance lome valovi. Ona stoji postojano, a oko nje uzavrele vode polako se smiruju.

It's not what you do some of the time that counts, it's what you do all of the time that counts.

It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

What can't be cured must be endured," said I

it may just be that you are developing a quiet doggedness. This is priceless. Perfectionism, on the other hand, will only drive you mad.

That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.

Scott Westerfeld

And they never have to win; they just have to keep not losing.

the opposite of quitting is rededication.