Quotes About Endurance

The great lesson of my life is perseverance. Never give up. It's like my brother said, "Isn't one minute of pain worth a lifetime of glory?

If you can take it, you can make it

Isn't one minute of pain worth a lifetime of glory?

But I couldn't give up hope. Not my style. I would do what I had to do to survive. From that moment until the end of the war, when we were freed, I would really come to understand the meaning of "Don't give up, don't give in.

You should make your life count right up to the last minute.

When there's no further hope, men always look up.

One day we were fighting for our lives, the next we were enjoying the clouds, the sunset, the soaring albatross, the dolphins and porpoises. Through it all I never lost my sense that life could be beautiful. I kept my zest for living, morning and night. I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory

I just knew that no matter how bad the pain, I had to keep going.

I had taken the Bird's daily beatings at Omori, and then at Naoetsu. I had to. I never complained. I just got knocked down, bled, got up, got knocked down, bled, got up. I expected it. I wouldn't let it get me down. Sometimes it took me two days to recover, but I always had a positive attitude. Steely, but positive. No way would he break me.

I wasn't reaching for glory at Naoetsu. I just wouldn't give the Bird the satisfaction of destroying my dignity. Don't let anyone take yours away, either.

A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of victory

I knew then that I would not turn back. I'd struggled to come this far, and I would commit myself to whatever happened next.

Never give up, no matter what.

If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it.

A principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.

If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.

The soprano studies for seven years in order to be able to open her mouth and make loud sounds for three hours on end.

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.

Writing is hard work, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. It's hard on the eyes, the back, the fanny, the disposition and the nail polish.

The first day without you is painful in a way that is almost exquisite. I imagine quitting smokers must feel like this, or crash-dieters - the early determination, where the loss of what you have given up is replaced with the adrenaline of denial.

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.