Quotes About Endurance

For the first time Alix began to understand long-distance flying. It was not courage, or resourcefulness, or ability that counted in this game, though they were necessary subsidiary qualities. It was the capacity to work efficiently at tiring, menial tasks upon the ground that made great flights a success.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of the hard work you already did!

Known to the Chinese as 'Iron-Headed Old Rat

Let no man, therefore, lose heart from thinking that he cannot do what others have done before him; for, as I said in my Preface, men are born, and live, and die, always in accordance with the same rules.

What if the need to have a hard time is built into human nature?

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.

Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.

How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

Yes... it wasn't over, it still isn't over.

a person can get used to anything if given enough time

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can't take that away.

You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't.

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.

I been watchin' you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget.

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.

I know you miss me terribly. I miss you, too. But we still have each other, for I am - and always have been - part of you. You carry me in your heart, just as I carried you in mine, and nothing can ever change that. I love you, my darling, and you love me. Hold on to that feeling. Hold on to us. And little by little, you will find a way to heal.

Halfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire, and they stopped while she caught her breath...It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.

You don't know how strong something is until you actually test it.

if you put your trust in God, you'll be all right in the end.

Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.

Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish,cold.... the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again

Long-term relationship - the ones that matter - are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.

Falling in love is the easy part; making that love last amid life's varied challenges is an elusive dream for many.