Quotes About Endurance

Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold.

How vast was a human being's capacity for suffering. The only thing you could do was stand in awe of it. It wasn't a question of survival at all. It was the fullness of it, how much could you hold, how much could you care.

Her body felt like it'd been beaten with a hose. This must be what it felt like to get old. It wasn't that your body fell apart from living so long. It was that you had to take so many stompings from life that you'd be happy when the time came to close your eyes and never open them again.

I suppose they cannot imagine what a person might be called upon to endure, when a line of poetry can mean the difference between strength and despair.

It was that you had to take so many stompings from life that you'd be happy when the time came to close your eyes and never open them ever again

Nature was always there, no matter what.

I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Just make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to. Mother

But how long can a person float, looking at an empty horizon? How long do you drift before you call it quits?

It was one thing to hope, but you had to take care of yourself in the present, or you wouldn't survive.

The Romans were right. One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.

She was tired, her nerves stripped like wires, the red and white. She felt like a saint with the arrows shit through, she was bleeding to death.

A sense of humor is a requisite to surviving in our demanding world

There is no way in my right mind I would contemplate running 26 miles-plus unless it involved a chase with Pamela Anderson.

'Hum Paanch' never lost its magic unlike some of the current shows, which go off air because they lose fizz. Even after running for almost 10 years, the show went off air only because the makers decided to end it.

Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect.

Unlike the traditional athlete, I've got to do more than just engage in my sport to put food on the table. When I'm done running, it's straight to the office.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders.

Nothing came to me overnight unlike many others in the industry.

It is unnatural to deny effort, adversity, and pain.

Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.

I wanted to get punished, and I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting.

Lot of guys can take punches. The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment.

The gratification you feel from making tangible progress while running is just about unparalleled, so I understand why people love it. But it's also hard, grueling work. Those feel-good benefits have to be earned four to five times a week.