What cannot be altered must be borne not blamed.
In the clutch of circumstance I have not winced or cried aloud Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody but unbowed.
Only yield when you must never "give up the ship " but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!"
Saints are sinners who kept on going.
When nothing seems to help I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split...
The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to give yourself six months to be a full-time writer. Work every day and the pages will...
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
Grant me the courage not to give up even though I think it is hopeless.
Tribulation produces perseverance and perseverance character and character hope.
Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion. ... I've worked with my best friends in direct competition.
If I don't get off the mat I'll lose the fight.
Hold on with a bulldog grip and chew and choke as much as possible.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
It's not worthy of human beings to give up.
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
I'm hardnosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter and then one day somebody gives you a job you can say "Gee I was lucky I happened to go...
Removing a diamond on a rock is painful but it's more painful when it loses its value when it's not cherished, let alone shaping.
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.
Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.