Quotes About Endurance

running an entire marathon burns only about 2,600 calories, the equivalent of a day's worth of food. Even worse, body fat is a remarkably good way to store energy: a pound of body fat contains roughly 4,000 calories. That means losing a mere ten pounds is the caloric equivalent of running 13.5 marathons.

They beat me, and fucked me in every hole I had. I was their whore. Their maid. A stool they stood on when they wanted to reach a little higher. But I never sang in their cage, Bobby. Not one note.

A tree didn't yield to his strength of will or daring, but only to the continual cutting of his ax.

Always keep this point in mind: the word "delay" means what it says: late. Delayed isn't never, no matter how much it may feel like that at age fifteen or even twenty-five.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. [Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

YaÅŸamak yeterince zor, ölmekse büyük iÅŸti.

With my last nickel I went there for a cup of coffee.

Patience! It was the least of my virtues.

A man could bear up under any temporary crisis if he had faith in the future.

John Feinstein

We fight[,] get beat[,] rise and fight again.

All this will not be finished in the first hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment.

Got to keep losing horses," he said drowsily. "Bad habit.

Sometimes, he thought, all you could do was wait.

Then, marveling at the recuperative powers and endurance of the Ranger horse breed, he tightened the girths on Blaze's saddle and swung astride the bay, groaning softly as he did so. Ranger horses might recover quickly. Ranger apprentices took a little longer. It

Let me have it.

You wait till it's over and see who's won," he said. "Then you know those were the right risks to take.

But you could try to make it sound a little less like an elephant trumpeting in agony

Die jonge Vrouwe Alyss van jullie, die zit daar als een eiland van rust en verstand in een stormzee vol botsende golven. Zij heeft geduld, heel veel geduld. Alhoewel ik een paar keer het idee kreeg dat zij op het punt stond mijn onderhandelaar met een stapel van zijn paperassen om de oren te slaan. - Selethen