Endurance Quotes

For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

As a camel beareth labor, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.

Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

He who limps is still walking.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it.

Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing.

There is nothing which so certifies the genuineness of a man's faith as his patience and his patient endurance, his keeping on steadily in spite of everything.

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

Men are born human. What they must learn is to be an animal. If they learn otherwise it may kill them, and kill life on the planet.

As a healer, the first thing to tell every patient is to breathe deeply. Shallow breathing means no endurance, no patience.

Worthy goals are consistently achieved by enduring forces of adversity and opposition until they subside.

Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of success. It is really an endurance race.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

There is much meaning in the word endure. For example, when dealing with unstable human feelings and uneven pathways in life, without endurance to hold you up, you may fall into a pit in the brush.

We can't reach old age by another man's road.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way.

But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer.

I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance never was my strong point.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain where it has never been.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.

The difference between a mongrel and a thoroughbred, whether brute or man, is not in swiftness, beauty, or endurance, but in courage.

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.

All things are the same, familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of those whom we have buried.

What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint.

Success rests with having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then you will be able to say, I found my hero and he is me.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

Endurance is the queen of all virtues.

Those who can bear all can dare all.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.