#perseverance

We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#dream #goal #perseverance #pursuit #dreams

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#against #been #campaign #come #during

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#perseverance #training #motivational

Ye are most strong, ye Sons of the icy North, of the far East, far marching from your rugged Eastern Wildernesses, hither-ward from the gray Dawn of Time! Ye are Sons of the Jotun-land; the land of Difficulties Conquered. Difficult? You must try this thing. Once try it with the understanding that it will and shall have to be done. Try it as ye try the paltrier thing, making of money! I will bet on you once more, against all Jo'tuns, Tailor-gods, Double-barrelled Law-wards, and Denizens of Chaos whatsoever! ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#perseverance #money

She watched with morbid fascination as they gathered at the stumps at the ends of the man's wrists, the old scar tissue the only place on him unclaimed by Fener, but the paths the sprites took to those stumps touched not a single tattooed line. The flies dance a dance of avoidance - but for all that, they were eager to dance. ↗

— Steven Erikson

#book-of-the-fallen #deadhouse-gates #laws-of-nature #life #malazan

What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?—I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can... ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#perseverance

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#anything #facing #fears #just #mind

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#failing #perseverance #succeeding #times

NEVER GIVE UP No matter what is going on Never give up Develop the heart Too much energy in your country Is spent developing the mind Instead of the heart Be compassionate Not just to your friends But to everyone Be compassionate Work for peace In your heart and in the world Work for peace And I say again Never give up No matter what is going on around you Never give up ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#tenacity #perseverance

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. ↗

— George Eliot

#called #enough #failure #good #grander