Henry James Quotes

Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.

Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances.

The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It's not easy. But absolutely worth it.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.

Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing.

I'm used to working hard and making sacrifices.

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.

When it gets harder to love, love harder.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.

If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

Inside I'm treading waters steady tryna swim ashore.

Talent is long patience.

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.

Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.

Our negative life situations are essential elements for us to fulfill our intended destiny. However, unless we possess the power of endurance to live through the dark of the night, we will not see the glory of daybreak.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.