Quotes About Endurance

Most of our time is spent waiting. A Ranger's best asset is patience.

Jij bent getraind in uren stilzitten, terwijl een heel mierenleger over je heen marcheert en allebei je benen slapen... Jij hebt het maar makkelijk. Jij kunt tenminste nog door dat gaatje kijken!' Will keek hem geërgerd aan. 'Wat moet het erg zijn om jou te zijn,' fluisterde hij gemeen. 'Zo'n groot lijf vol kriebelende mieren, en dan nog geen kijkgaatje ook!' 'Ach, hou je bek,' zei Arnaut. Iets slimmers wist hij niet te verzinnen.

Patience is the best medicine.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

But the beauty of grace withers not under the greatest declinings of natural beauty, for grace is the oil in the lamp that never goes out but shines more and more.

I fear neither death nor fire, being prepared for both.

for he was now eighty-four years of age. The good prelate replied, that as he had long taught others to save their souls, he should only think now of his own salvation. The worthy prelate heard his fiery sentence without emotion, walked cheerfully to the place of execution, and underwent his martyrdom with great fortitude.

Those whom the fates don't lead they finally drag

Shall I disdain to suffer at the stake, when my Redeemer did not refuse to suffer the most vile death upon the cross for me?

Will shall be the sterner, heart the bolder, spirit the greater as our strength lessens.

we've let go of so many things, but never each other's hand ...

the wounds of the past and the scars of the present don't disfigure me in your eyes - because you know the price I pay for loving you ...

have you been waiting all this time, faithful as always, my Life?...

Anyone who knows anything knows that almost nothing ever ends, and when it does, it rarely ever does so well.

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.

Why don't we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that's not an easy thing to do.

We just did an awesome job of not dying.

I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time.

At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.

Rest if you must, but never quit.

When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

Cuando creía que se le acababa la cuerda, él se recuperaba. Le cogí la cara entre mis manos y lo obligue a mirarme a los ojos «Me harás saber cuando llegue tu hora, ¿no?», dije, más a modo de declaración que de pregunta. No quería tomar la decisión por mí mismo. «Me lo harás saber, ¿no es cierto?»