Quotes About Endurance

Our spiritual character is formed as much by what we endure and what is taken from us as it is by our achievements and our conscious choices.

He saw that for the rest of his days, frail, racked, but enduring, he would live in the face of a purifying terror. A feeble cry, a last impossible protest escaped him. But the Holy Ghost, emblazoned in ice instead of fire, continued, implacable, to descend.

But there are times when the sharpest suffering is not to suffer and the worse affliction not to be afflicted.

Evil is more than the sum of individual misdeeds. Evil has a life of its own. It is not enough to stand aside from it. If it is not actively resisted, it sweeps all before it. Part of a Christian's calling is to resist evil, and in doing so, to endure to the end.

My fan base just growing and growing. People know that I'm not just coming and going. They know that I'm here to stay.

I am a sports fanatic.

I've done about anything I can fantasize about in the cold.

Boxing fascinates me.

Dream Theater has never been a band that hit at a particular fashionable point and said, 'OK, that's basically it.'

I'm not that strong. I'm not fast.

I can get runs much faster if I stay there in the middle to give bowlers more time and cushion.

The more you run, the faster you get, and that's more efficient because you're running more in less time.

One-day cricket is a lot more draining because it's a lot faster. You don't get as much break. You are running a lot harder.

Come back stronger and faster, that's what I plan to do.

I need to be fit and strong, and I don't want to carry any excess fat.

A life of a sportsperson is approximately 14-15 years long and fatigue will be a part of it, but they have to manage that.

For no fault of mine, I lost everything.

Over the years, I have attended comic book conventions and met people that are die-hard fans; they'll come up and say, 'Clue' is my favorite movie of all time.' It has definitely resonated in some way with people and just continued to build up over the years considerably.

My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn't be interested.

For a band to make it to four albums is no small feat in itself.

I've always been fascinated by different feats of strength throughout history.

I've beaten all contenders for 11 years. I'm not a robot; I'm fed up. My body's tired of it. I'm 36.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

I need to force feed myself. I'm constantly fighting to stay the weight I am.