Quotes About Endurance

It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.

Never quit, don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a new approach isn't quitting. If you quit you'll regret it forever.

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!

And even if this world burns up hidden harps will still play here.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.

And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.

Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at meanspirited roadhouses.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?

When you go through a hard period, When everything seems to oppose you, ... When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, NEVER GIVE UP! Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!

There's a reason I've been the top bitch in the game for more than twenty-five years.

There's a certain detachment sensitive people must maintain to endure the harsh realities of this world.

Here in the dark, O heart; Alone with the enduring Earth, and Night, And Silence, and the warm strange smell of clover; Clear-visioned, though it break you; far apart From the dead best, the dear and old delight; Throw down your dreams of immortality, O faithful, O foolish lover!

When we are young, we can put up with a great deal of discomfort in order to follow a dream. If, after thirty-five years, I'm still doing my own thing, it's because I haven't forgotten the dream. Let no man take your dream away. It will sustain you to the end.

Sometimes the weak will last for years, while the strong will suddenly collapse and die.

And when all the wars are done,' I said, 'a butterfly will still be beautiful.

Keep right on to the end of the road, Keep right on to the end. If your way be long, let your heart be strong, So keep right on round the bend.'   By

when all the wars are done, a butterfly will still be beautiful. Ruskin

Now that their journey was almost over, they become more aware of their weariness and their aches, and the town which had been their home seemed suddenly strange and heartless, as though it did not recognize them anymore.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties.' And

And when all the wars are done,' I said, 'a butterfly will still be beautiful.

and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.