Pema Chodron Quotes

This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear.

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

I don't have talent. I have tenacity.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.

I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it till the end of the race.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

I worked with patience which means almost power.

Fight each round take it on the chin. And never never never ever give in.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going.

Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was to fight until he couldn't fight anymore.

With each passing day, I didn't lose hope. I fought to have more.

Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

I'm just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn't, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing.

I don't give up because I don't give up. I don't believe in it.

Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.

Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be. If your job is to dance, do your dance. If the divine, cockeyed genius assigned to your case decides to let some sort of wonderment be glimpsed, for just one moment through your efforts, then 'Ole!' And if not, do your dance anyhow. And 'Ole!' to you, nonetheless. I believe this and I feel that we must teach it. 'Ole!' to you, nonetheless, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up.

Never give up, no matter what.

Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a quality that's underrated. Being able to plough through, being able to stay buoyant in the face of challenges.