Quotes About Endurance

Rome, if built at all, must be built in a day.

only by suffering the rat-race in the arena can the heart learn to beat.

That they will be sources of inspiration illuminating the past and vivifying the present; that they will fortify the spirit on which victory depends. Despite

Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to this.)

Robert Masello

jockey was whipping it mercilessly, but the horse was falling farther behind every second. And the black one, a frisky colt, was simply holding its own, hoping to make it to the finish line without any greater exertion. Nightingale's Song, however, was not spent at all; indeed, the horse seemed only

There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life.

4And patience produces character, and character produces hope. 5And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love

So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.

Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.

Poor woman, I suppose she led a dog's life, and it made her disagreeable, which she mistook for being strong.

But I can endure a surprising amount of midnight torment without being absent from class sharp at nine the next day. I suppose that marks me as something not quite up to the Byronic standard.

Who ever talks about a lifelong, intimate friendship expressing itself in the broadest possible range of conversation? If people are really alive and alert it ought to go on and on, prolonging life because there is always something more to be said.

Cattle die, and kinsmen die, And we will die ourselves; But fair fame never dies For the one who can achieve it.

Untested faith was rarely strong. Deep, abiding faith was tempered through fire.

Mathin had taught her patience, and she had known all of her life how to be stubborn.

Balthazar was disappointed by all the walking, but he was accustomed to such disappointment. -Hellhound

Roses are for love. Not forget-me-not, honeysuckle, silly sweethearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole, love that gets you through the worst your life'll give you and that pours out of you when you're given the best instead.

He ran till he was blind with running, till he thought he had lived his entire life running, one foot pounding down in front of the other endlessly, till his bones were on fire with it, and every time either foot struck the ground his whole body cried out against the jolt. He set his teeth and ran on.

Let us not gallop to meet future difficulties," said Robin. "A walking pace is enough.

who could scarcely remember to put one foot in front of the other when she walked; with the sudden, brutal urgency of a long and terrible wait ended.

I could wallpaper a room with rejection letters.

Din cauz? c? modelul meu fusese întotdeauna sacrificiul de sine, nu ÅŸtiam cine sunt dac? nu aveam pe cine s? ajut sau o suferin?? de îndurat.

Be patient and live with the knowledge that all you are searching for is certain to come if you prepare for it and expect it.