Persist Quotes

329 Persist quotes by 270 unique authors

I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-" "It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule. — Shannon Hale
While the repression of a memory is a psychological process, the suppression of feeling is accomplished by deadening a part of the body or reducing… — Alexander Lowen
First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and… — Thomas Merton
This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to act, to strive.… — Spider Robinson
The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or… — Lynne Truss
Life goes on and on after one's luck has run out. Youthfulness persists, alas, long after one has ceased to be young. — Glenway Wescott
Don't let yourself feel worthless: often through life you will really be at your worst when you seem to think best of yourself; and don't… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose. — Carol Shields
Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of… — J I Packer
So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist. — Laura Schlessinger
But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who… — Charlotte Bronte
Good can still exist when bad things happen, just as evil persists when good things happen.” - Carter to Georgina — Richelle Mead
Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder… — Milan Kundera
The six rules of maybe 1. respect the power of hope and possibilites. Begin with beleif. Hold onto it. 2. If you known where you… — Deb Caletti
Durnik needs a tower somewhere in the Vale," Belgarath was saying. "I don't see why, father," Polgara replied. "All of Aldur's disciples have towers, Pol.… — David Eddings
Why do you persist in being so frivolous, Urgit?" "Why don't we just call it a symptom of my incipient madness?" "You're not going to… — David Eddings
You persist in this romantic vision of what it is to be a vampire, but despite my best efforts to curb it I have a… — Deborah Harkness
So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky. — Thomas Hardy
Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul’s immortality is the only true immortality— — Alyson Noel
If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried… — Lynne Truss
Over time as most people fail the survivor's exacting test of trustworthiness, she tends to withdraw from relationships. The isolation of the survivor thus persists… — Judith Lewis Herman
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which… — Marcus Aurelius
a few days ago she had been wandering around with a swatch of black silk tied over her eyes. Syrio was teaching her to see… — George R. R. Martin
I have a dream," he said slowly. "I persist in dreaming it, although it has often seemed to me that it could never come true.… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Why will people persist in reading strange meanings into the simplest of story? Is it not enough that a writer can entertain for a few… — Margaret Mitchell

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