Quotes About Endurance

love was not a quantifiable substance. There was always more of it somewhere, and even after one love had been lost, it was by no means impossible to find another.

Lo que realmente me asombra no es que todo esté derrumbado, sino la gran cantidad de cosas que todavía siguen en pie.

One must die lovable (if one can). You are moved by this sentence, especially by the words in parentheses, which demonstrate a rare sensitivity of spirit, you feel, a hard-won understanding of how difficult it is to be lovable, especially for someone who is old, who is sinking into decrepitude and must be cared for by others. If one can. There is probably no greater human achievement than to be lovable at the end,

Your wife tolerates your weaknesses and does not rant or scold, and if she worries, it is only because she wants you to live forever. You count the reasons why you have held her close to you for so many years, and surely this is one of them, one of the bright stars in the vast constellation of enduring love.

Sólo de la constancia nacen las grandes cosas

No importa lo que digan los demás; lo único importante es mantenerse en pie.

L'unica costante a questo mondo è la merda, ragazzo mio. Ci stiamo in piedi a mollo ogni giorno, ma a volte, quando arriva alle ginocchia o anche più su, devi solo tirarti fuori e andare avanti.

Henry je Mr. Bonesu dokazao da se ljubav ne može mjeriti. Ona uvijek negdje postoji, pa i kad je se izgubi mogu?e je prona?i novu.

Bunun hiç ba??na gelmeyece?ini, gelemeyece?ini, dünyada bunlardan hiçbirinin ba??na gelmeyece?i tek ki?i oldu?unu san?rs?n; sonra t?pk? herkese oldu?u gibi hepsi teker teker senin de ba??na gelmeye ba?lar.

If you suffer for something that gives delight, soon the suffering itself can give joy.

Zadie Smith: "It hurts just as much as it is worth.

It isn't good if it doesn't hurt, so when we do good, we are willing—in fact, eager—to experience pain.

The purpose of life," Peterson has written, "is finding the largest burden you can bear and bearing it," while Žižek believes that "the only life of deep satisfaction is a life of eternal struggle.

Roy Baumeister and his colleagues. They posit that mental effort (or self-control, willpower, or grit) actually is a lot like a muscle. Like a muscle, it can work for only so long before it gets tired; like a muscle, it can be strengthened through exercise.

Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

See the stone set in your eyes,see the thorn twist in your side.I wait for you

What will you reach for to give you hope, courage, and a reason to continue?

Remember, waiting isn't just about what you are hoping for at the end of the wait, but also about what you will become as you wait.

your hope is not to be found in your willingness and ability to endure, but in God's unshakable, enduring commitment to never turn from his work of grace.

But here's what you have to face. God, for your good and his glory, has chosen to keep you for a while in this broken-down world. He has chosen to employ the hardships of this world to complete the work that he has begun in you. He does not leave you alone. He does not leave you without resources. He blesses you with his new morning mercies. But he has you right where he wants you.

So remember today that no matter how hard your story is right here, right now, it is guaranteed for you as God's child that it will end better than anything you can now imagine, and that glory will never end!

All the human love we've experienced has been flawed in some way. But not God's; his love is perfect and perfectly steadfast forever. It is the single most stunning reality in the life of a believer. God has placed his love on us and he will never again remove it. There's a reason to continue, no matter how hard life seems and how weak you feel.

The biblical model of waiting is not simply about what you will get at the end of your wait, but about who you will become as you wait.