Quotes About Endurance

It is much easier to die than to bear a life of misery with fortitude.

Nothing is harder to bear than a succession of fair days.

Oh, God! Art is long And life is short.

durerile oamenilor ar fi mai mici daca ei - Dumnezeu stie de ce sunt facuti astfel! - nu s-ar ocupa cu un atat de mare zel al inchipuirii de amintirea relelor trecute si ar indura un prezent nepasator.

True love is that which remains for ever the same whether all that it asks is granted or all refused.

Ljubav odoleva vremenu koje sve otima.

Ach Gott! die Kunst ist lang; und kurz ist unser Leben.

Anything in the world can be endured, except a series of wonderful days.

Denn alles muß in Nichts zerfallen, wenn es im Sein beharren will.

La naturaleza humana tiene sus límites; puede soportar la alegría, la pena, el dolor hasta cierto punto; pero, al fin sucumbe cuando se pasa de ahí.

Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty.

Gewiß, du hast recht, Bester, der Schmerzen wären minder unter den Menschen, wenn sie nicht - Gott weiß, warum sie so gemacht sind! - mit so viel Emsigkeit der Einbildungskraft sich beschäftigten, die Erinnerungen des vergangenen Übels zurückzurufen, eher als eine gleichgültige Gegenwart zu ertragen.

I will say nothing... against the course of my existence. But at bottom it has been nothing but pain and burden, and I can affirm that during the whole of my 75 years, I have not had four weeks of genuine well-being. It is but the perpetual rolling of a rock that must be raised up again forever.

O Wilhelm! the hermit's cell, his sackcloth, and girdle of thorns would be luxury and indulgence compared with what I suffer. Adieu! I see no end to this wretchedness except the grave.

Through the rain and snow,

Exist?, f?r? îndoial?, ?i pe uscat naufragii.

you are certainly wrong when you classify suicide—and suicide is what we are talking about—as any sort of great achievement, since it can be defined only as a sign of weakness. For it is certainly easier to die than to stand up to a life of torment.

There is a scene in one of the Rocky movies where after the match Apollo Creed and Rocky are waiting for the scoring of their brawl all beat up and battered, obviously both fighters gave all they had to win, and Apollo Creed says to Rocky - "Your not getting a rematch" and Rocky says "I don't want one". I love that scene. That's when you know that you left no doubt - that your opponent, win or lose, never wants to compete against you ever again. That's fighting.

September 14th, 2009

Courage isn't having the strength to go on, It is going on When you don't have the strength.

You are closer to victory than you know, when you feel you just can't go on any longer. It is what makes champions who they are, the ability to muster up a little bit more when everyone else would give in. It is at that moment a tipping point usually occurs.

Hope ... is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.1

Thomas—Jefferson—still surv—

Evil is a fact not to be explained away, but to be accepted and accepted not to be endured, but to be conquered. It is a challenge neither to our reason nor to our patience, but to our courage.