"We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are."

--

Tobias Wolff

#Perseverance Quotes #Determination Quotes #Persistence Quotes

“All artists are self-sacrificing human beings, and to become an artist is nothing but to devote oneself to the subterranean gods.”
“The fruits of life fall into the hands of those who climb the tree and pick them.”
“You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.”
“Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.”

Source : "The Subtlety of Emotions". Book by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev (p. 445), 2001.
“Get off your sofa and pick your jawbones off the floor, that was a world-class save.”
“Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.”
“I never know what the next lesson is going to be, because we're not supposed to know -- we're supposed to trust ourselves to discover it.”
“You should seek approval from yourself.”

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