Quotes about Perseverance

Already a congressman, to a mentor I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well 24 hours per day.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

Itt iss Eevill… What is going to happen? Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!… And we're not alone, you know, children, came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. …some of the best fighters have come from your own planet… Who have our fighters been? Calvin asked. Oh, you must know them, dear, Mrs.Whatsit said. Mrs.Who's spectacles shone out at them triumphantly. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now.

Nothing loved is ever lost or perished.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

She was enfolded in the great wings of Mrs. Whatsit and she felt comfort and strength pouring through her. Mrs. Whatsit was not speaking aloud, and yet through the wings Meg understood words. My child, do not despair. Do you think we would have brought you here if there was no hope? We are asking you to do a difficult thing, but we are confident that you can do it. Your father needs help, he needs courage, and for his children he may be able to do what he cannot do for himself.