Quotes about Endurance

Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain.

Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.

But what is a memorial, when you come right down to it, but a commemoration of wounds endured? Endured, and resented. Without memory, there can be no revenge.

Torture is like dancing: I'm too old for it. Let the younger ones practice their bravery.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum [...] But what did it mean? I said. What?, he said. Oh, it meant 'Don't let the bastards grind you down'. I guess we thought we were pretty smart back then.

After all you've been through, you deserve whatever I have left, which is not much but includes the truth.

Why cry, you should be happy, you got out. But after all that's happened to me since that day, I understand why. You hold it in, whatever it is, until you can make it through the worst part. Then, once you're safe, you can cry all the tears you couldn't waste time crying before.

How long do you expect me to wait while you cauterize your senses, one after another turning yourself to an impervious glass tower?

Here is what I'd like to tell. I'd like to tell a story about how Moira escaped, for good this time. Or if I couldn't tell that, I'd like to say she blew up Jezebel's, with fifty Commanders inside it. I'd like her to end with something daring and spectacular, some outrage, something that would befit her. But as far as I know that didn't happen. I don't know how she ended, or even if she did, because I never saw her again.

I need to keep pressing on until I am thoroughly thankful.

So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.

The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.