Quotes About Endurance

11) Trump Will Go Down in History Trump will go down in history But the good news is That he will go down And we still will be standing

Or maybe when you have the sheer force of will to keep doing something over and over again until you get it right, winning feels more like relief than anything else.

Maybe a person doesn't truly feel alive until he fights to stay that way.

Hell on Earth started LONG before you got here.

Survival has its own etiquette.

As the world turns, I spread like germs Bless the globe with the pestilence, the hard-headed never learn It's my testament to those burned Play my position in the game of life, standin' firm

The challenge may not go away when you pray, and when it doesn't go away, it simply means God believes that He has trained you enough to face it and win.

Eventually, morning came instead of bad guys. That was the thing about mornings. No matter how fucked up your life got, how deep and black your despair, how sure you were that you just couldn't take another second of this shit, morning just kept on coming. Over and over. Morning didn't give a damn about your little drama.

Coldness in everything. It comes from a long way off; it gets into everything. One must get out of the way before it reaches the core. If it does that, one won't feel even the coldness any more. Do you see what I mean?

Kleist erinnert sich, daß der Schmerz ihm Geständnisse erpreßt hat, Versuche, den Schmerz zu beschreiben. Das erträgt kein Mensch lange, Doktor. Einmal muß es nachlassen oder mich töten.

Ich habe nicht gewußt, was ein Mensch erträgt. Nun sitze ich da und muß mir sagen, auf dieser Fähigkeit, Unerträgliches zu ertragen und weiterzuleben, weiter zu tun, was zu tun man gewöhnt ist, auf dieser unheimlichen Fähigkeit beruht der Bestand des Menschengeschlechts.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

the art of survival is a story that never ends

A man who is morally clean, other things being equal, has in every instance, greater agility, greater capacity, and greater endurance by far than the man who is not. While the latter is wasting his creative energies in useless pleasures, as well as in disease producing habits, the former is turning all of his creative energy into ability and genius, and the result is evident.

The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure.

Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Throughout my many years of illness, I have never ... to ask[ed] God why He allowed me to suffer so long, I only ask what He wants me to do.

Il faut apprendre à se faire chier même quand ce n'est pas nécessaire, sinon après on ne peut pas le supporter.

Destruction is easy. But creating something that lasts is a challenge.

I am who I am. Whether in joy or in pain. I am who I am.

Pain is rewarding, in every capacity.

It is good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure.