All Quotes By Tag: Perseverance
“Common man’s patience will bring him more happiness than common man’s power.”
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“Years ago I asked my friend, the great actress Ruth Gordon, to articulate in a few words the secret to her indomitable, unsinkable spirit. Her reply was a gift that became a mantra for me:“It takes courage.It takes believing in it.It takes work.It takes rising above it.It takes me liking you, and you liking me.It takes the dreaming soul of the human race that wants it to go right.Never stop dreaming.Think about it.”
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“The difference between those that can and those that can’t is attitude.”
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“God gives us faith to move mountains but in order to make it in the valley we have to use our legs!”
“You are so much stronger and more capable than you think.”
“Where are we going? It’s not an issue of here or there. And if you ever feel you can’t take another step, imagine how you might feel to arrive, if not wiser, a little more aware how to inhabit the middle ground between misery and joy. Trudge on. In the higher regions, where the footing is unsure, to trudge is to survive.”
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“Wise is the one who flavors the future with some salt from the past. Becoming dust is no threat to the phoenix born from the ash.”
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“Yes, my scars shape meToday, I have learnt to coverit with fabric made of hope, faith, perseverance, and determination. For this, I am grateful to life”
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“For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.”
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“For everything that happens there is an implication”
“Jesus is no genie in a lamp. All the happy thoughts and positive thinking in the world will not keep life from being life. I’ve come to believe that, as big risks offer the potential for great reward or great failure, the biggest waves bring the swiftest undertow. As I learned to accept this principle rather than fight it, a deeper understanding of the call to perseverance, which appears so frequently in the Bible, emerged. As I learned to persevere, something mysterious began to happen: the more difficult things became, the deeper I looked at myself, sought God’s guidance, and let go. It is like the scripture that reads, “And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
“If it’s hard, persist. If exhausted, energize. If in doubt, continue. If pessimistic, dream.”
“She was grateful her life regained a new purpose, a new rhythm and focus.”
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“You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.”
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“So instead of giving in to despair I chose active melancholy, in so far as I was capable of activity, in other words I chose the kind of melancholy that hopes, that strives and that seeks, in preference to the melancholy that despairs numbly and in distress.”
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