#sever

It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently. ↗

— Anthony Robbins

#motivational #perseverance #motivational

But I don’t think I’ve ever known such a natural at Potions!” said Slughorn. “Instinctive, you know — like his mother! I’ve only ever taught a few with this kind of ability, I can tell you that, Sybill — why even Severus —” And to Harry’s horror, Slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air toward them. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#potions #severus-snape #slughorn #nature

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired. ↗

— Robert Strauss

#perseverance #success #success

Never, never, never give in! ↗

— Winston Churchill

#wisdom #wisdom

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#challenges #failure #failures #inspirational #perseverance

Keep trying until you have no more chances left. ↗

— Aimee Carter

#chance

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

— Winston Churchill

#forlorn-hope #perseverance #resolve #hope

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

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