Perseverance Quotes
Every great achievement required someone who refused to quit. These quotes tell that story.
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"I have learned that progress requires sacrifice."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The war had taken many things from her, but it could not take her will."Laila
"Survival is a privilege."Offred
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."Jean Valjean
"Sacrifice brings understanding."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"One more time"Offred
"That's the point, isn't it? We all have to learn to live with things."Miss Emily
"I may be ugly and I may be poor, but I'm here."Celie
"We endure not because we are weak, but because we are resilient."Laila
"I accept their rejection and go on."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"In reduced circumstances everyone has to make the best of things."Serena Joy
"That's what I been a-doing."Jim
"Survival is not victory"Offred
"I learned to accept the chaos without losing my sense of purpose."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"This life be a hard life. But still I live."Celie
"Suffering is only suffering if it destroys you."Mariam
"I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive."Celie
"That which brings light must endure burning."Judge Holden
"She didn't survive. None of us survived. But that doesn't mean nobody did."Offred
"Regret was a burden that never lightened."Briony Tallis
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."Moira
"It's taken so much to come this far."Offred
"People can learn to live with anything."The Narrator (omniscient)
"She could not undo what had been done, only carry it forward."Briony Tallis
"They really had been through death, but they had returned."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"He was a man of obsessive dedication."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"He had spent his fortune on hopeless wars."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"She would survive this. She had survived worse."Mariam
"In the end, we're all just trying to survive."The Narrator (omniscient)
"Women like us...we endure."Mariam