Quotes About Endurance

A wrestling match. He laughs. Yes, you could describe life that way. So which side wins, I ask? Which side wins? He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth. Love wins. Love always wins.

Man's instinct is to find a way to live, but who wants to be the last to die?

Don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too long

But this orange raft and its hidden notebook? They were a jolt to that misery. He wasn't sure why. Maybe it was the idea that something—even a few pages of something—had endured a tragedy and crossed an ocean to find him. It had survived. And witnessing survival can make us believe in our own.

Only God can write the end of your story. God has left me alone, Dor said. The old man shook his head. You were never alone.

I tried to stop your suffering, he said. We cannot stop what Heaven chooses. She smiled weakly. Stay with me. Forever.

But the Reb, I'd learned, was like a tough old tree; he bent with the storms but he would not snap.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices.

Y sin esperanza, el tiempo es un castigo

Men adapt to captivity, some better than others.

He tolerated it until he could tolerate it no more.

You lose something every day you live, Annie. Sometimes it's as tiny as the breath you just expelled, sometimes it's so big you think you won't survive it." He took her left hand. "But you do, right?

And when hope is gone, time is punishment.

How did you do it, Benji? How did you survive all that way alone? I was never alone, the man said

Don't give up hope.

No matter how confused, how tired, or how sad, every night has its morning.

It's wrong. I know, it's wrong to give up. But sometimes life just seems to be going on for such a long time." The

To flee forever is beyond the capacity of most: at some point even a hunted animal will stop, exhausted, and awaits its fate, if only for a while.

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.

What could not be changed must be borne. And since nothing could be changed, everything had to be borne.

If you are strong you withstand the storm. Can you see? The storm comes and everything is blurred. But all that is built on a solid foundation has only to stand fast and wait for the storm to pass.

As if in grief, the bamboos were pressed to the ground. But within a matter of minutes, they nodded and waved. They shook off the rain and reoriented themselves toward the sky. My mother was impressed, indeed. Now that , she thought, is strength. Perseverance and flexibility are not opposites. Survival requires certain compromises. Endurance is defined by the last one standing. These were the lessons, I imagine, that she must have learned. My mother resolved to be the last one standing.

TaÅŸk?n ve azg?n bir tutku giriÅŸtiÄŸimiz iÅŸe yarardan çok zarar getirir,olaylar?n ters gitmesi, gecikmesi kar??s?nda sab?rs?zl??a sürükler bizi, iÅŸlerine bakt???m?z insanlardan soÄŸutur, kuÅŸkuland?r?r. Bizi avucuna alan ve sürükleyen bir iÅŸi kendimiz iyi yönetemeyiz hiçbir zaman. Oysa iÅŸe yaln?z kafas?n? ve ustal???n? koyan daha rahat yürütür iÅŸi.

Don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too long.