Quotes About Endurance

To know when to quit. Whether to give up--this is often the question facing the gambler. No one is taught the art of walking away. And the anguish of deciding if I should keep playing is hardly unusual. Will I be able to quit honorably? or am I the type who waits stubbornly for something to happen? something like, for instance, the end of the world? or whatever it might be, maybe my own sudden death, in which case my decision to give up would be beside the point.

Whoever wishes may accompany me: the road is long, it's painful but it's lived.

The terrible duty is that of going all the way to the end. And without relying on anyone. To live oneself.

And one of the things I learned is that one should live in spite of. Although, one should eat. Although, one should love. Although, it must die. Even it is often the same even though it pushes us forward. It was despite the fact that it gave me an unhappy anguish that was the creator of my own life.

Me acostumbro pero no me amanso.

O horrível dever é o de ir até o fim. E sem contar com ninguém. Viver-se a si mesma. E para sofrer menos embotar-me um pouco. Porque não posso mais carregar as dores do mundo. Que fazer quando sinto totalmente o que outras pessoas são e sentem? Vivo-as mas não tenho mais força.

Liberdade? É meu último refúgio, forcei-me à liberdade e aguento-a não como um dom mas com heroísmo: sou heroicamente livre.

Ultrapassar a dor é a pior crueldade

from any struggle or rest I will rise up as strong and beautiful as a young horse.

Persistence is our effort, giving up is the reward.

I knew that cockroaches could go more than a month without food or water. And they could even survive on wood for food. And even after you step on them they come apart slowly and keep on walking all the while. Even when they freeze, after they thaw out they keep on going. For three hundred and fifty million years, they have reproduced with no change. When the world was practically naked, they walked slowly across it.

Often, I thought: "Surely this is it. He has reached the breaking point." He seemed at the very end of his power and resources. But he kept coming until I wondered whether I had not reached the breaking point. The only thing that kept me going was the certainty that without me there would be no one.

To win you've got to stay in the game.

Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,Stealing my breath of life, I must confessI love this cultured hell that tests my youth!Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,Giving me strength erect against her hate.Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.

Life is like a bicycle you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

Claudia Mills

the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip.

Exactly why we survive and can look back with furrowed brow is beyond me.

Any idiot can face a crisis—it's day to day living that wears you out.

Patience isn't a gift. It is learned.

The extra mile is a lot longer than the rest.

Our lives will never be perfect no matter how hard we persevere and do good things each day. We may be hurt or humbled, but we will never give up to keep on standing in the midst of hot or cold weather.

The law of gravity is like any human problem or any testing situation. You can defy it, but the longer you hold on to it, the heavier it gets.

Work hard, keep your nose clean, and just stick around.