Quotes about Perseverance

But it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune.

Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites.

Sometimes life seems like a match between oneself and one's gaolors. The gaolers, of course, are one's mistakes; and the question is, who'll hold out longest? When I think of that, life instead of being too long, seems as short as a winter day....

But you'll get it back-you'll get it all back, with your face...

The world] is not a pretty place; and the only way to keep a footing in it is to fight it on its own terms - and above all, my dear, not alone!

to be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

Joy is not the opposite of depression. It is deeper than depression. Therefore, you can experience both. Depression is the relentless rain. Joy is the rock. Whether depression is present or not, you can stand on joy.

Hope will only grow in the ground of humility.

Sometimes we would prefer to die for Jesus than to live for Him.

Screwtape warns Wormwood] Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's [God's] will, looks around upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.

Endurance in suffering doesn't grab our attention, but it is a response so important that it will have value that lasts beyond death.

There is a resiliency in the human spirit that keeps us going even when we have no reason to continue.