God bless perseverance. Because it's not easy.
You get into a tough spot where you're not feeling good and you can't do what you're typically accustomed to doing, you just keep grinding.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
I may be middle class, but I'm hard. 'Al dente', you could say.
I let the whole 'Grease' experience be a springboard for me. I wanted to use the exposure I got from that very wisely to continue a successful career. It's taken a lot of work and perseverance.
I've had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra.
Life wasn't good, but I could not walk away from something I love. I had a difficult life to face, but I had to try to keep dealing with the situation with the help of my family, friends, and training partners and manager.
They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.
I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.
Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.
Just because people don't meet you doesn't mean they're not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
When I was playing in Santa Cruz or Mogi Mirim, they told me I was not the best. Nobody believed in me. The others would always be the top stars. But I did not let that get me down.
Hillary Clinton doesn't quit. She doesn't give up. I respect that.
The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do.
There's going to be bumps along the way, in any walk of life, not just as a professional footballer with injuries. You've got to be resilient with it and keep pushing through. It'll make you stronger as well.
Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.
Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed.
I'm not clever. But I am level-headed, hard-working, dogged.
I've had five surgeries that could have ended most people's careers. But because of the fact that I'm resilient and have a lot of pride, I refused to let myself go out except on my terms. An injury is not going to take me out.
It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.
The thing that I love about Rick Grimes is that he pulls himself off the canvas even when he has been pummeled to the ground so many times. And either he gets up by himself - he drags himself up - or he is helped up by loved ones around him.
When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you.
Faith doesn't always instantly deliver you, but it always carries you through.
