Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences... Perseverance is a positive, active...

Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it.

Don't depend on others to fuel your self-belief. Develop your self-belief so that it becomes self-sustaining.

When ambition exceeds ability, you are going to experience hardship. We have the choice to fear it or embrace it.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

But after dealing with Roy for a while I just wanted to get through the time I'd signed on for, to prove to myself that I couldn't be beaten by a girly-faced, chicken-boned, racist cat.

In the process of my evolution, I became a victim of domestic war, an emotional casualty for a major portion of my life, entwined, entrapped and emotionally involved, until I learned how to become...

Before the storm, he'd been a man who never met a stranger, never seemed to doubt himself. He could run faster than anyone; there had been joy in his movements, his world was full of possibilities,...

No one stays the same, David. Everything you are is a direct result of something that's affected you in your past, whether it was horrible or wonderful - no one has the right to destroy themselves...

Love gives you the strength to face an army, vampire or human... Love gives you a reason to press on through the storm. Love helps you think clearly and follow the clues ahead, if you know where they...

Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.

He broke me down past the flesh, past the muscle, past the bone, down to my soul and in a loud provocation, he asked, What are you made of? After I gathered the broken bits and pieces of my life...

If a boat is shattered by a storm, the desperate passengers cling to the floating pieces of the hull. In that moment, it's not a broken boat. To a drowning man, it's a floating miracle.

Until they rip us apart, and even then, I'll fight.

It is not the best for us to lay embargo on the industries that produce temptations. What we need to do is to compete, overcome and dominate the market with the products of our endurance. No battles...

Only those who never stand up, never fall down.

You know, most men would get discouraged by now. Fortunately for you, I am not most men!

It's true. I've seen it when the crescent moon shone bright on a cold, dark night. The darker the night, the brighter God's smile.

In Russia I went to a great yeshiva, and in America I work in a carnival.

The great, like stars, are not afraid of dark times for that is when they shine the brightest.

The great are like a rubber ball; the harder they hit the ground, the higher they rise.

The bitterest hardships, the most daunting trials; none of these are burdens if it means being with you.

I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

Don't be discouraged by your problems. Let your passion and dreams inspire you to keep moving forward.

Worry about your own neck. Don't waste time worrying what others may or may not think. If someone is rude, if they disrespect you, recognize that this is an issue with them and not you. Don't let it...

The opportunities far outweigh the disappointments.

Problems forge you to be a more refined person.

I wouldn't mind if life left me... wingless, burnt to cinders, ripped by storms, scattered... like weeds, celestially wounded, without cherry blossoms to perish with but I would cry with head held in...

When life gets rough, don't panic! Just let it be! Life is leading you to still waters!

Your glass seems like it will always be half full even if it falls down and shatters into pieces