Quotes Tagged "perseverance"

Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.

A true philosopher must never give up.

Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes the strain. The goal beckons them onward. Passion doesn't negate weariness; it just resolves to press beyond it.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

Christians walk as strangers in the world: They are untamed. They are free. To persevere with love, yet untamed by man, is often what leaves that open space for divine revelation when God so wills.

With adequate planning, passion and perseverance, you can achieve the God-given goals.

Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life.

If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?

When life places stones in your path, be the water. A persistent drop of water will wear away even the hardest stone.

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong.

Well and good if all things change, O Lord God, provided I am rooted in You.

Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey.

If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.

Never, never, never give in!

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one.

Being alive is sign of strength!

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W.

Boy, the solid things you can hold in your hands are never all you've got. They're the least of what belong to you. The qualities inside you, those are what you've really got to defend yourself with.

Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens.