Quotes About Endurance

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stumble.

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

But the grinding of even soft stones is a tedious and laborious process; granite or diorite, both extremely hard, demand a willingness to endure drudgery that no human group had ever imposed in itself before. Our very word to express ennui, 'boring,' derives from-boring. Here was ritual repetition pushed almost beyond endurance.

There is great pain in all love, but we don't care, it's worth it.

How long can human beings ache before their hearts close off the wound?

As long as I've got that urge and that fight and fire inside of me I'll continue and records will come and records will be broken. But the day I don't feel that kind of stuff I'm happy to walk away.

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.

My dad ran a few marathons; I fight the urge to do the same because I know that it's not the most efficient way to train unless you're preparing for an event similar in nature, which baseball players are not.

I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet.

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

Your best ability is availability and if you're not on the field, they can't use you and you don't play. So, I try to play as much football as I can.

I don't bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on - and then I'll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.

I used to live on one candy bar a day - it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and it was so beautiful.

I've usually used the phrase 'stay the course' as one of the great rules of investment success.

I've been in pain for so long now I'm just used to it.

But I always had in built strength. I used to do like push ups for three hours. It's building up that core fitness and stamina.

I was a skeleton compared to what I used to be, but it didn't matter. Nothing really mattered except remaining unbroken.

People are impressed with me - because I can sleep for just 45 minutes - I'm used to it.

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.