Tag: Persevere

Quotes October 19, 2025

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
writer, essayist, journalist
 
 
 
 
In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,
politician, 26th president of the United States
 
 
 
 
It’s a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‘Try to be a little kinder.’
Aldous Huxley,
writer, philosopher
 
 
 
 
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw,
playwright, critic, activist, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient
 
 
 
 
I had no orders or restrictions on how to ride Secretariat. The riding decisions were mine.
Ron Turcotte,
thoroughbred race horse jockey who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973
1941-2025
 
 
 
 
An actor is unfortunate if he doesn’t get to spend a lot of time on stage. When you’re on stage, you get to practice every night.
Polly Holliday,
actor
1937-2025
 
 
 
 
When I was young, I wanted to go everywhere and be everyone, and with this work, I have. I was blonde, I was brunette, I was a princess. … I was everything.
You are not yourself in front of the camera. You can live many lives, instead of one. I think I’ve been lucky.
Claudia Cardinale,
actor
1938-2025
 
 
 
 
I’m always careful. I check, I double-check, and I re-double-check. Sometimes my mind may wander, but my eyes are always wide open.
William Steig,
writer, illustrator, cartoonist
 
 
 
 
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
Rene Descartes,
philosopher, scientist, mathematician
 
 
 
 
It’s true that things are beautiful when they work. Art is function.
Giannina Braschi,
writer, poet
 
 
 
 
Language will continue to put the world into words.
Annie Ernaux,
writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
 
 
 
 
It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
John Irving,
writer
 
 
 
 
It’s important to hear those words: ‘You’re doing great. It’s all going to be OK.’
Lola Tung,
actor
 
 
 
 
If an idea’s worth having once, it’s worth having twice.
At least we can still count on self-interest as a predictable factor.
Tom Stoppard,
playwright, screenwriter
 
 
 
 
Live, work, act. Don’t sit here and brood.
Henrik Ibsen,
playwright
 
 
 
 
If you feel deeply and know how to express what you feel, you make others feel.
Amy Beach,
composer, pianist
 
 
 
 
One of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.
Annie Proulx,
writer, journalist
 
 
 
 
FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again … even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost.
Taylor Swift,
singer, songwriter
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 16, 2024

The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.
Olivia Newton-John – 1948-2022 – Singer-Actress
 
 
 
 
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Anthony J. D’Angelo – Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open.
Dejan Stojanovic – Poet-Writer-Essayist-Philosopher-Businessman
 
 
 
 
Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.
Maurice Setter – 1936-2020 – English Football Player & Manager
 
 
 
 
A winner is a dreamer who never gave up.
Nelson Mandela – 1918-2013 – Political Leader – Philanthropist – Former President of South Africa
 
 
 
 
Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything.
Neil Strauss – Author-Journalist-Writer
 
 
 
 
Don’t always wait for someone else to inspire you. Inspire yourself.
Rodney Walker – Author-Entrepreneur-Inspirational Speaker
 
 
 
 
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw
 
 
 
 
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
Theodore Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
Reminders:
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1803-1882 – Lecturer-Poet-Essayist
 
 
 
 
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi
 
 
 
 
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
Thomas Jefferson
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 01, 2024

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
Steve Jobs – 1955-2011 – Business Magnate-Industrial Designer-Investor
 
 
 
 
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
Horace
 
 
 
 
“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life.”
​LORD BYRON
 
 
 
 
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
Marie Curie
 
 
 
 
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.”
Joel Osteen
 
 
 
 
“A man may fail many times but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”
John Burroughs
 
 
 
 
“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”
Sarah Dessen
 
 
 
 
“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”
Flavia Weedn