Endurance

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.

William Hazlitt

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.

No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.

African proverbs

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

One may go far after he is tired.

One may go far after he is tired.

French proverbs

All comes right for him who can wait.

All comes right for him who can wait.

French proverbs

However long the night, the dawn will break.

However long the night, the dawn will break.

African proverbs

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our soul, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our soul, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

Charles Dickens

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Marcus Aurelius

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!