Best 1630 quotes in «perseverance quotes» category

Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.

Small steps of faith add up to great leaps of success.

So instead of giving in to despair I chose active melancholy, in so far as I was capable of activity, in other words I chose the kind of melancholy that hopes, that strives and that seeks, in preference to the melancholy that despairs numbly and in distress.

Some had come to look upon death as a mercy. Death meant warmth. Death was light. Life was cruel, cold, heavy and dark. Life was pain. Death was deliverance, and many would welcome it. Others doggedly clung to life and willed themselves to walk on.

Some may say I did not write well...but no one can say I did not write...that is all that matters. One must attempt the things they desire and in the attempt, master their fear of failure for the only definitive failure is to never try.

Some people are a degree of impatience away from expecting shade from a seed.

Some people wait for that big breakthrough, while other people WORK for that big breakthrough. Which one are you?

Some people will never know how close they really were to success because they threw in the towel right before their big break.

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

Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are." [Facebook post, August 31, 2013]

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step.

Sometimes, if you get too close to a subject you can miss what’s most important.

Sometimes great achievements arrive much later than we expect, but they arrive, and they are great.

Sometimes life hurts. Sometimes it damages us—but we survive, believing there are better days waiting for us. (from Light Over Dark Water)

Sometimes, something meaningless occurs, somewhere with meaning.

Sometimes setbacks are set-Up' s. Its not always about moving horizontally, its about moving vertically.

Sometimes, persevering...is simply having the courage to let go. ~Jason Versey

Sometimes the greatest thing we can ask ourselves is “Why not me?” Anyone who has ever accomplished anything worth while has either verbalized or internalized this question. The beauty of the answer is that it completely depends on us. We are all innately capable of doing incredible and wonderful things. Having confidence in who we are starts with asking “Why not me?” So my friends…Why not you? ~Jason Versey

Sometimes the novel is not ready to be written because you haven't met the inspiration for your main character yet. Sometimes you need two more years of life experience before you can make your masterpiece into something that will feel real and true and raw to other people. Sometimes you're not falling in love because whatever you need to know about yourself is only knowable through solitude. Sometimes you haven't met your next collaborator. Sometimes your sadness encircles you because, one day, it will be the opus upon which you build your life. We all know this: Our experience cannot always be manipulated. Yet, we don't act as though we know this truth. We try so hard to manipulate and control our lives, to make creativity into a game to win, to shortcut success because others say they have, to process emotions and uncertainty as if these are linear journeys. You don't get to game the system of your life. You just don't. You don't get to control every outcome and aspect as a way to never give in to the uncertainty and unpredictability of something that's beyond what you understand. It's the basis of presence: to show up as you are in this moment and let that be enough.

Sometimes we have to dig a little deeper, to reach a little higher.

Sometimes we must gravitate towards madness before we can levitate on greatness.

Sometimes we scratch, claw and climb so hard to conquer a mountain that, once achieved, we cling to its summit much too long and it ultimately instigates our fall. As we dangle by our fingertips we grasp and claw at what’s no more; with a fear of falling into the dim unknown. But, ironically, it’s in that very moment that we are empowered to choose. We can stay cliff hanging in our darkened fears clinging to a time that has past us by or we can faithfully and freely fall into the hands of a new destiny. Sometimes, persevering...is simply having the courage to let go. ~Jason Versey

Sometimes, we must travel on the longest path to our sacred-destination.

Sometimes you must embrace the feeling of being abandoned, until your deepest self warms to the thought of you being its closest companion.

Somewhere there is a drummer calling to you too, and playing your special beat.

So often we quit on the first failure. We must persistent long enough to achieve success.

So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born.

Speak, roofless Nature, your instinctive words; And let me learn your secret from the sky, Following a flock of steadfast-journeying birds In lone remote migration beating by. December stillness, crossed by twilight roads, Teach me to travel far and bear my loads.

So, you’ve failed many times at many things. That’s okay! Learn, grow, and move forward. With the right attitude and mindset, you can learn a lot from failure. Pay attention and keep on striving! You’ve got this!

Speaking from the heart is simple. Listening wholeheartedly, however, is much, much more difficult and most rare.

Spend your time designing the greatest reputation a man could possess.

Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.

Start from your heart. The greatest journeys begin on the inside.

Staying Power And the greatest beauty you could clothe your body with Are the gilded gems of staying power Like traces of molten gold fusing through your cells That which has the capacity to overcome, endure, persevere And stay ever faithful to the soul beneath the person To the spirit that cauterizes the flames No matter what And forever more

Stand up. Stand out. Stand firm. Stand strong.

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

Stars shine even for those who refuse to look up.

Start with a cry, end with a smile.

Stay up... 'till you come up... when you come up stay up!

Step by step a mountain is conquered.

Strong enough to make holes in the rock are tiny drops of water that persist to fall. Persistence is the attitude that breaks down mountains one rock at a time!

Stumbling towards greatness is better than sprinting towards mediocrity.

Struggle begets strength.

Success doesn’t come over night it’s the constant perseverance you give. The small steps you take every day striving for that goal. These fractions that lead to whole numbers during your journey is the only way to get there.

Success has no idle hands; affords no legs at rest.

Success is end result of many combats.

Success is not about getting it right the first time but about not giving up even if it takes a lifetime of effort.

Success requires preparation and persistence effort.

Stick in and do my best.

Still the voices of your critics. Listen intently to your own voice, to the person who knows you best. Then answer these questions: Do you think you should move ahead? How will you feel if you quit pursuing this thing you want to do? And what does your best self advise? What you hear may change your life.