Quotes About Endurance

It was one of the other things his father had told him about surviving the gulag. The worse it was, the less you thought. You had to figure out a way to go down inside yourself, find a place no one could get to, and just be. Like a bear hibernating.

our job in life is to endure, to be kind, and to constantly put the past behind us and not dwell too much on the future. If you must look back, try to find the beauty and the benefit in every cruelty done to you. If you must think about the future, try to have no expectations about it. Trust in God to guide you through. You

I have come to believe after eighty-one years on this earth that our job in life is to endure, to be kind, and to constantly put the past behind us and not dwell too much on the future.

and nose and pulled his cap down low over his eyes. But the snow now rode on a shuddering gale. It pounded him, found the collar of his coat, and crawled down his back. It stung his knuckles through his mittens and gnawed at the exposed right side of his face until his skin was raw and then numb.

Mark T. Sullivan

When you can remember not having eaten in days and having no hope of eating tomorrow . . . when you can remember that feeling, you just work harder to make sure you never feel it again.

like your friend Mrs. Kantor, we'll be able to see the beauty in every cruelty we've had to endure. Even this moment.

Perseverance is a principle that should be commendable in those who have judgment to govern it

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

I didn't train all that time just to come here and get it over with as fast as I can

Someone once said "The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches." I think that's funny, because, you know, I am a survivor. If I am anything, that's what I am.

I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.

Yeah, that's funny, huh?...Something hurts you real bad and you get used to it. Like being hurt becomes part of who you are.

You've got to take the sour with the bitter.

When you see Charlie Chaplin, he stays funny. He doesn't become drama, and so what really seems to endure is comedy.

What I know for sure is that if you can survive 11 days in cramped quarters with a friend and come out laughing, your friendship is the real deal. I know ours is.

Boxing's all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.

Football's all about 90 minutes

A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know.

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity – another man's, I mean.

One should never give up on hope. Unless that's the name of the girl who cheated on you in which case, yeah, give her up.