#ever

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#forlorn-hope #perseverance #resolve #hope

Oh, so you see some chick in baggy jeans and a hoodie, and you just have to have her so bad, you decide to repeat high school, just to get her?" "Sounds about right." He laughs. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#damen #ever #evermore #immortals #noel

Never confuse motion with action. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#confuse #motion #never

I couldn‘t tell the difference between the two of you anymore!" he roared. I smashed my fist into his face. Lies roll off us. It‘s the truths we work hardest to silence. Then you weren‘t looking hard enough! I‘m the one with boobs!" I know you‘re the one with boobs!They‘re in my fucking face every fucking time I turn around! ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#bloodfever #karen-marie-moning #mac #different

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#always #complete #deed #everything #harmony

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#character #failure #perseverance #character

Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again. He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The old man was dreaming about the lions. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#dreams

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#die #ends #lives #long #long run

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up. ↗

— Deng Ming-Dao

#fate #perseverance #taoism #wrestling #harmony

All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#perseverance #nothing