#persevere

I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts. What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us, and hug him close to our bosoms till he has gnawed into our hearts? ↗

— Voltaire

#suicide #life

Everything has a way of coming full circle. It takes patience and perseverance to see a dream through...to close that circle. Because some dreams, like some circles, can be much bigger than others. ↗

— Karen Dale Trask

#dreams #perseverence #dreams

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. ↗

— Plato

#children #education #end #into #man

It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#go #important #just #know #periods

I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing. ↗

— Steve Martin

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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#every #fool #nature #only #perseveres

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page. ↗

— Barack Obama

#because #beginning #belief #born #chapter

Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#be patient #clear #lead #need #patient

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#change #comes #creative #creative works #destiny

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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