Bertrand Russell on endurance
Bertrand Russell100 quotes“How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?”
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I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
Steve PrefontaineSteve Prefontaine The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome Endurance is patience concentrated.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle If you don’t try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get.
John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell No one knows the things you have endured like you. Your flaws tell your story there is no need to hide them.
Samantha King HolmesSamantha King Holmes People change and even products change. But over the course of time it’s the strength of a company’s philosophy that will determine whether or not it endures.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.
John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell The truth is that: We are unhappy married and unmarried we’re unhappy. In marriage you must first endure, pity and then embrace.
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