Quotes About Endurance

vigorous tenacity of love, always so much stronger than hate,

When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in a dark place, like a cheese, until he had the full Tellson flavour and blue-mould upon him.

The rich mould of dead men's graves. Creeping where grim death has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days, Shall fatten upon the past; For the stateliest building man can raise, Is the Ivy's food at last. Creeping on where time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green.

I shall always need you, because I shall always love you; but my need is no greater now, than at another time.

The Grindstone III. The Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer

There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more.

Hay que tomar las cosas como vienen; eso es lo que tenemos que hacer en esta vida.

Ama-a, ama-a, ama-a. Se ela favorecer-te, ama-a. Se ela ferir-te, ama-a. Se ela te despedaçar o coração, que à medida que envelhecer e ficar mais forte, sangrará mais, ama-a, ama-a, ama-a!

Grindstone III. The Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer VI.

I found myself with a perseverance worthy of a much better cause.

Eres, precisamente, el hombre que necesitamos —le dijo Defarge al oído;— has hecho creer a esa gente que esta situación va a durar siempre. Así se harán más insolentes y llegarán más pronto a su fin.

I felt like one who was toiling home barefoot from distant travel, and whose wanderings had lasted many years.

I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape." Estella in Great Expectations

I suppose I must catch it — like a cough,

I have undergone too much, my friend, to feel pride or squeamishness now. Except - added Nicholas, hastily, after a short silence - except such squeamishness as is common honesty, and so much pride as constitutes self-respect.

with a few comforting reflections, of which the chief were, that after all, perhaps, it was well it was no worse; the least said the soonest mended, and upon her word she did not know that it was so very bad after all; what was over couldn't be begun, and what couldn't be cured must be endured; with various other assurances of the like novel and strengthening description.

Walking and I were on good terms now, and every day scored from thirty to forty miles; but that spurt from Ellsworth to Ellis was the longest day's walk I ever made.

Are there not railroads and Pullmans enough, that you must walk? That is what a great many of my friends said when they learned of my determination to travel from Ohio to California on foot; and very likely it is the question that will first come to your mind in reading of the longest walk for pure pleasure that is on record.

Inner Strength Study Guide

consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing" (James 1:2-4). God's

And I may return in faded armor Full of patches bent and aged. And I may face the heat of battle, To free the damned and free the slaves. And I may know both pain and rejection, The betrayal of my friends. But the glory that awaits me, Will make it worth it in the end—in the end.

Friend, don't allow the storms in your life to discourage you; rather, cling to the Lord and invite Him to fill you with His strength and hope. Hold tightly to Him and to the promises He's given you—no matter what the cost or how circumstances appear. Have faith to the end. Because you know that with God, you'll be able to endure anything that comes your way in life and emerge triumphant.

Dear God, fix my gaze on the finish line. Help me race with all my might toward the goal. I rebuke negative thinking and potential defeat. I will finish my journey in victory. (ON HOLY GROUND)

Charles F. Stanley