Quotes About Endurance

Se encontró suspirando por un amor lo suficientemente fuerte como para soportar los peores tiempos... Un amor lo suficientemente grande como para durar para siempre.

I have been through hell...And I'm really tired.

He was alone and shackled by his neck to the wall. And he had no hope. How did a man live without hope? [You hope is in Jesus Christ. Pray to your Father in that name and he will ease your pain or shorten it]. That's what Tyndale had said in his last letter. And that's what John tried to do, though he could not kneel or even bow his head from his fixed position on the wall. (p. 365)

Performance in an endurance sport, as with many things, is only as good as the weakest link.

We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.

This was sending me out so much further than I had ever expected: a place beyond strength.

Our choice, it seems, is whether we will let our past and present sufferings be sufficient to soften and break us, or whether we will resist and harden ourselves so even more suffering is required.

To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart—that's what life is about, that's its task. —Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Letters

Brian Freeman

even in the wake of terrible grief, life would go on.

If you surrender, you have already lost. If you refuse to give up, though, no matter the odds against you, at least you have succeeded in trying.

Even victories take their toll on a man.

No matter the challenge, his people knew how to endure.

My child, human love is an infinite resource. No matter how many times it is expended, whether stolen or given away, love can grow again—like a flower from a bulb—and fill your heart.

The ability to survive is the ability to face and overcome unexpected dangers. —Bene Gesserit axiom

Where there is life, there is hope . . . or so the old sayings tell us. But for the truly faithful there is always hope, and it is not determined by either death or life.

Adaptability is the essence of survival. —from the Azhar Book

Think about that for a moment, because it's important. Where do you go to hide from the end of the world?

Fight today, cry tomorrow.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.