Quotes About Endurance

The trouble with you is,' she said, half-smiling, 'that you're such an optimist. You really believe that if things are hopelessly bad, then they must improve. What nonsense it is! Things can be bad, and stay bad. And they can be endured... Can't you see that we've all got to make the best of things as they are?

The meaning of life is life itself. Life fighting to stay alive in a cold, dark universe.

The rules of the track work well for life. Roller derby is life in a tiny circle. You can only go forward, even if you find yourself turned around, facing the wrong way. There's speed, unpredictability, and danger. You can't be sure what's going to happen, you don't always know when you'll stop, and it appears most people are out to get you. You will fall. You will get hurt. But you will get up again.

I love you, Zo. That's yours to keep. No matter what.

The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.

Pankaj Mishra (#iampm)

is there something more enduring, lying unchanged beneath he relentless layerings of time?

So we survive, it is the world.

no sacrifice no victory

The obsession with security at any price petrifies us, and we increase our fear by trying to eliminate risk. That is what is ridiculous about the great outcries in the media: we wake up in order to demand more passivity, a better protected life. The challenge is not only to decrease the amount of space the media devote to hazards but also to increase our ability to resist misfortunes. To augment our endurance rather than our panic.

Tout cela fera mal, mais plus tard seulement.

Everyday there's something to survive.

Gina] I got them Bad Old Cosmic C-Word Blues Again. [Mark] What does 'c-word' mean? [Gina] It means continuing to believe even when you don't feel it. Not letting go even when you can't find squat to hold onto. Going all the way from the beginning to the end.

And it still goes on. And we still turn away.

He was tough as an antique ivory figurine, which has withstood the viscissitudes of centuries and can accept more.

Get the best out of your body that you can get.

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.

We installed something Dean called "the persistence drill," which tested their stamina: they had to make consecutive full-court layups for two straight minutes—and if they missed, start over. On the defensive end, they had to make seven straight defensive stops before they could get off the floor.

Survivors can't always choose their methods.

You can't cage an eagle for long without destroying it.

People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.

I need you to survive , he answered me without speaking, without looking at me. I need to know you survive.

Illegitimis nil carborundum.