Quotes About Endurance

You have not failed until you quit trying.

I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing.

Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

I forewarn you, this will be a rather long talk. I am an old man. I do not know how much longer I will live, and so I want to say what I have to say, while I have the strength to say it. ...Having been warned, some of you will wish to get comfortable. Pleasant dreams.

Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds.

Things will work out.

Things work out; it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is.

Don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great and good things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. You are not destined to be a scrub. You are a child of God, of infinite capacity.

Back in the days of the great Depression, an old sign dangled by one staple from a piece of rusting barbed wire. The owner of the farm had written: 'Burned out by drought, Drowned out by flud waters, Et out by jack-rabbits, Sold out by sheriff, STILL HERE.

You will find that it is not a one-shot deal, this letting go. You must do it again and again and again. It's kind of like breathing. You can't breathe just once. Try it: Breathe just once. You'll pass out.

It was the centuries-old battle of man to keep his race alive and push forward into the future, the ceaseless, furious struggle of that beastlike, god-like—primitive, sophisticated—savage and civilized—composite organism that was the human race fighting to endure and push onward. Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.

Art holds fast when all else is lost.

Alas, Art is long, and Life short!

Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.

Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and you will come to good things.

Spirit can walk, spirit can swim, spirit can climb, spirit can crawl. There is no terrain you cannot overcome.

August is one of the hottest months of the northern year, so hold your breath and see that the fan is in order. It is also one of the longest months, and sometimes it seems even longer.

Sorrow and ill weather come unsent for.

If you wait long enough, it will be good weather.