Horace Bushnell Quotes

Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

If you're able to build something on a strong foundation, you're not going to be easily swayed.

If there is anything that gives kingliness to the soul, it is patience. What was the secret of the masters who have accomplished great things, who have inspired many and who have helped many souls? Their secret was patience.

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.

Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.

Even in the winter, in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere above the clouds, it still shines and warms and pulls at the life buried deep inside the brown branches and frozen earth.

Be strong, be brave, be true. Endure.

It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.

Possess your soul with patience.

Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.

Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche

All the great persons of the world, whatever had been their mission in life, proved their greatness by this one quality: endurance. The enduring personality is like a ship that can stand storms and winds under all conditions, the ship that saves itself and others. Such blessed personalities, showing the strength of God have been called the saviors of humanity.

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

With the infinite patience of one who has learned to live broken, he awaited her return.

Hang there like fruit, my soul, Till the tree die!

The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.

If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you