M. Boyd Marcus Jr. Quotes

Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.

I bend but do not break.

The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.

It's harder to stay strong than it is to give up. Giving up doesn't get you anywhere.. Only makes you weak.

I've told you before and I'll tell you again. The strong survive and the weak disappear. We do not intend to disappear.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?

She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to

You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. For those who limp go not backwards. But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.

I often think that all the difficulties we encounter only give us the more strength if we keep hold of our work, and we must not now give up while in the prime of life. It is best to keep trying, and by and by the opportunity will come. If we have given up, then we shall not be ready for it when it does come.

No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

I have a number of famous quotes, and one of them is, if you get knocked down, get back up again. I don't really feel like I want to let anything ultimately defeat me.

Endurance must conquer, where force could not reach.

I am sincerely grateful to everyone who did not let me pass my auditions. If I had gotten in too easily, I wouldn't have worked as hard. Thanks to them, I've gained more strength and I've learned what it means to never give up.

When you are knocked down you have two choices - stay down or get back up, stronger.

Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death.

Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses or "caves in.

One could draw up all different kinds of adversity depending on what your weakness is.

As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.

We all have moments of weakness. It’s how we recover from them that really counts.

Life does not forgive weakness.