Quotes About Endurance

He'd wanted to die on the spot, but he had the rotten luck of living through it.

every time, even with

looked like it would succumb

I had learned that every circumstance in life doesn't have to end happily for the Lord to provide a happy ending.

Like herbs in a pestle, life steadily ground out the essence of those who did not have access to comforts.

Because crazy people weren't weaker than you—he'd often thought this about his mother—they were stronger. They outlasted you, even when they died. They would tread you underfoot without noticing.

Every pain be gold.

Sometimes you just have to go through the crash and see if you can walk away on two legs.

because in spite of the most terrible suffering, the heart goes on loving; that is the beauty of love.

You can't just dip in and out, picking and choosing the parts you want and quitting when it's not perfect.

There most always be hope. Fate always leaves a hope somewhere, and I intend to find it.

There must always be hope. Fate always leaves a hope somewhere, and I intend to find it.

After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.

When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.

But my darling was as frail as a bird. She died nine days later. After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled. Although

Don't get too comfortable. It's not over until I say it is. -A

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.

When you never bow, You are bound to rise

I can wait beyond never.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.

I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.

During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.

But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over.