#severance

So, how is it that you don’t have a girlfriend?” I asked boldly. Joel shrugged. “Have you ever had a girlfriend?” There was no way that he’d never had a girlfriend. He shrugged again. “You’re not serious.” “You’re surprised?” “I’m sorry, do you own a mirror?” Joel laughed in that I’ll-never-understand-women kind of way. “I’ve never wanted one,” he admitted, though it seemed that there was more to it. “What? A mirror? Or a girlfriend?” He laughed again, even harder this time. “A girlfriend.” “Are you gay?” He smiled. “No, I’m not gay.” “Oh.” I blushed. Why was I being so nosy all of a sudden? ↗

— Shawn Kirsten Maravel

#romance #severance #volition #young-adult #love

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#drive #failure #perseverance #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. ↗

— William Godwin

#cannot #continue #desire #influence #operate

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#accomplish #adversity #been #come #ever

Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties. ↗

— Brother Lawrence

#death

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#secret #triumphs

I have always been one to encourage perseverance. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#been #encourage #i #perseverance

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#after #already #did #doing #get

Never let go of a good thing without a fight. Especially if that good thing is a pair of boxing gloves. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#fight #fight-quotes #fighting #fighting-quote #fighting-quotes

No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labour is not wasted when today is better than yesterday! ↗

— John Calvin

#failure #perseverance #progess #success #religion