Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

Though the captives’ resistance was dangerous, through such acts, dignity was preserved, and through dignity, life itself.

As long as you can keep taking shots on goal, and you keep getting back up, eventually you’ll get through. Just stick at it.

Work your craft; until it becomes an art from.

The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of...

Failure is success in abeyance; but only for those who persevere.

That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.

Cats may have nine lives, but pigs . . . don’t . . . give . . . up.

Every great accomplishment has its share of struggle, adversity and pain. Great achievement cannot exist without them. To reap the rewards of success in our marriages, in the lives of our children, and in our...

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.

I have discovered fallen trees across my path and have possessed neither the strength to move them nor the patience or tenacity to find an alternative way round. I have simply returned to where I...

You should feel so driven to help the world that it would weigh you down if a single person received anything but the best.

Going forward, you must adjust to the new reality, be more self directed, and learn to be productive under the reign of uncertainty, unpredictability, and unstable times.

A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.

We are only failures in life when give up and stop trying.If you fail, get up and try again.

Quit talkin’ about it and be about it!

There’s no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don’t look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.

If one flower has to grow out of all the weeds, let that flower be YOU.

If today is the last day of your life, the one thing you want to say is that you showed up for life. You showed up for your dreams. You showed up for the people...

You are enough exactly as you are, whether you believe it or not.

The rewards of tomorrow are safely hidden in the belief of never quitting and not giving up on yourself today

Be original and don’t be afraid to stand out. Never downplay your capabilities. Everybody won’t believe in you and everybody won’t rejoice with you, and that’s quite alright. Self-motivation, self-love, and self-determination will guide you...

They say well begun half done; but Perseverance on the way down takes you up to a great end.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, butfor the heart to conquer it.

You don’t have to be strong to survive a bad situation; you simply need a plan.

…I’ve learned that doing what you think is right doesn’t always make you feel good. For another, I’ve learned that sometimes you just have to keep on going when you want to do nothing but...

Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.

Those of us who have come to know him can only admire his courage and perseverance in the face of adversity that would wither, wither the will of other men.

The real failure is not the one who falls down, it’s the one who refuses to get up.

An anomaly has his own ambitions. You can try reasoning with him, but that’s like using money to bribe a beast.

The Lord doesn’t always make our paths smooth sailing, but He does make it possible to rise above adversity.

Some people won’t love you, no matter what you do. Some people won’t STOP loving you, no matter what you do. Go where the love is. ©2011 Eleanor Brownn

Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find that rich seam of colourful stones, you will have to chip through dirt...

It takes an enthusiastic mind to understand all the necessary steps needed to make one’s dream a reality, but a lot of discipline and perseverance to stay consistent all the way through.

People forget how fast you did a job – but they remember how well you did it

Hardships make or break people.

The world of possibilities await the person who dares.

The only person your anger hurts is you. Let it go. Accept it. Move on.

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.

Just do your best,” Mom said. “You can’t do any better than your best.

Within you exists the same power that rests with the Universe, for you are not separate from the source you pray to.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Entrepreneurship: you put one dumb foot in front of the other while the world throws bricks at your head.

In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we’ve done, and they...

Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first!

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition...

Love has no demand of us but to keep practicing, to do the next hard thing. Love says, Come dear. Take the next step.

The power of the Will in a man, is favoured by the Heavens. The man who sets his Heart and Word onto something, and says “I will” no matter what obstacle is placed in his...

It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it. There is nothing, Umbopa, that he cannot do, there are no...