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Quotes About Endurance

The strongest have their moments of fatigue.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.
~ C. S. Lewis
Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.
~ William Wordsworth
Suffering is an extraordinary teacher.
~ Ryan Hall
Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.
~ Bernie Mac
My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death.
~ Osamu Tezuka
The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave
~ Pat Conroy
One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching.
~ John Dewey
We must be the willow, not the oak, in the lowering storm.
~ Amitav Ghosh
A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You can chalk off the hours on the back of the seat ahead. But seventy-some hours will not seem so long to you if you tell yourself first: This is where I am going to be for the rest of my natural life.
~ Amy Hempel
Some of us are silent sufferers of a noisy disease.
~ Amy Hempel
Resiliency, like a cartwheel, requires core strength and a disregard for gravity. Only one of which can be willed.
~ Amy Koppelman
Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it is a tree which stands alone. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way from here.
~ Amy Krouse Rosenthal
I have a choice. That's why I'm still here.
~ Amy Neftzger
Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.
~ Amy Tan
Hardships can harden even the best person.
~ Amy Tan
Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.
~ Amy Tan
Through trial with death, you discover your power. Through trial, you shed your mortal flesh, layer after layer, until you become who you are supposed to be.
~ Amy Tan
Now I have perfect understanding. I have already experienced the worst. After this, there is no worst possible thing.
~ Amy Tan
Her preferred form of exercise, she told Wendy, was stress. "Clench muscles, hold for twelve hours, release for a count of five, then clench again.
~ Amy Tan
Si el amor persiste pese al dolor de las diferencias, hay que preservarlo como una joya rara
~ Amy Tan
As with all hardships, he took this as yet another test of faith. He almost seemed glad he had been called upon on to endure it. And show how great his faith was. He would pass the test and save his son.
~ Amy Tan
La hoja es mucho más paciente que los seres humanos.
~ Ana Frank