Quotes about Perseverance

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.

Diabetes taught me discipline.

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.

The human spirit is so resilient, and failure teaches you so much.

All I can do is play as hard as I can play, make as many plays as I can make and try to help my team win football games.

I spent three weeks lamenting, ruminating and praying because football had been part of my life since age 6. Then I moved on. I'm glad I always had another clear plan. Several of my FSU teammates did not and do not. It's hard to leave a sport that is embedded in you.

Many are called to do great things, but they do not fulfill those callings because they do not give themselves to the little things.

You must do all that you do here with joy. The joy of The Lord is your strength, and you can only make it through this valley by His strength.

If you know someone who is discouraged because his fight isn't won yet, speak to that person truthfully and forthrightly, the way a commanding officer would speak to his troops.

There's too much at stake for you to let some little thing distract you and pull you down into defeat.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It's what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!