Quotes about perseverance

An oak is not felled by a single blow of the axe.

He, like an unmoved ocean cliff, resists.

Goddess born, whither the Fates, in their ebb and flow, draw us, let us follow; whatever befall, all fortune is to be o'ercome by bearing.

Learn fortitude and toil from me, my son,

Ache of true toil. Good fortune learn from others.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Friends and companions,

Have we not known hard hours before this?

My men, who have endured still greater dangers,

God will grant us an end to these as well.

Easily obtained, easily lost; arduously obtained, strongly held.

Never give up if your heart and your head tell you are right. People can disappoint you, but your heart and your head will never. Make them your best friends.

Invia virtuti nulla est via!

Had he come this far just to die, then? He would not. And if he were to die in spite of his determination, he would die on his way to the Tower.

Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion and from the knowledge that one has done the right thing and has stood by one’s convictions.

Your own endurance might be a pleasant fiction allowed you by others who’ve really faced the facts.