Quotes About Endurance

The only way to guarantee failure is to quit.--Sue Cameron

Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.

There are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help.

But then he returned and our life went on. Three days gone. A week. I measured the time in the faint waning of my consciousness of my misery, and wondered if this would one day be enough: simply not to be consciously miserable anymore.

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

It will pass. You'll see. It always passes when there is love. I have had much hurt in my life, and look at us now. Nothing can change what has happened, but we can march forwards.

darkest before the dawn. it will get darker. be light.

If a root is pulled out, don't think that it happened because of the strength of the wind, but because you didn't make the root grow deeply enough.

Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war

If they say no, do it. And if it feels good, then do it till you drop.

I would have fallen down long ago and let the ground drink the blood of my slit throat, were it not for you. So long as you are by my side, I can endure. You ease the stoned-to-death feeling in my soul.

Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.

I do not know the word 'quit'. Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

a while. Until about a year

Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don't know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.

To play a soccer game, you have to be in very good shape.

I gave up soccer. But I don't think I can ever stop running.

If I didn't have quads and hamstrings, soccer would be a lot different for me than it is now. I would be pushed all over the field. My lower body is something that has made me the player I am today, and it makes me feel strong.

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running. And my event was the 400 hurdles. I ended up qualifying for state. But looking back on it, track was hard.

I've been through everything in soccer.

A game of soccer is popular because its rules don't change often.

I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.

Serbian people are not soft, and if the coach wants me to play, then I will.

Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.