perseverance Quotes

Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Although there may be tragedy in your life, theres always a possibility to triumph. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.