#severance

Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine. ↗

— Mario Fernández

#perseverance #rise-above #inspirational

...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 drop. And that just doing the everyday things, like keeping a shop running or getting up every morning, will keep the work going until things can straighten out again. And doing those things right every day soon becomes more important than the more pressing issues of the time. ↗

— Ann Rinaldi

#doing-what-is-right #everyday-life #perseverance #courage

Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#perseverance #persistence #talent #life

Whatever you do in your life, always go the distance. ↗

— Ken Norton

#perseverance #persistence #life

We fail to prevail with unconverted men because of our more fundamental failure to prevail with God in prayer. ↗

— John R. Mott

#prayer #men

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. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#expectations #perseverance #writing #art

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

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

— Samuel Beckett

#perseverance #nothing