Quotes about Perseverance

I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It's an incredible achievement. I couldn't do it.

By contrast, Blanche K. Bruce was the real deal. Born into slavery in Virginia, Bruce was freed by his master and studied at Oberlin College before becoming a successful farmer and landowner. He is the only former slave to have served in the U.S. Senate.

As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.

The great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.

All great stories are about survival—either physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual.

If we begin our day believing life is supposed to be easy, we will certainly have a terrible day. Life is not easy, nor was it ever supposed to be.

God allows us to face the tension whether we like it or not.

Life is a game of statistics. There are no guarantees, but the more positive effort you put in, the more likely you will be to win.

A story doesn't really pick up until the hero needs to disarm a bomb, win someone's heart, defeat a villain, or fight for their emotional or physical survival.