Inspirational Verses,
Sayings
and Greetings
Inspirational cards can sometimes be just what you need to send a
friend to tell them to "Hang in There" when they are feeling down or
need a little encouragement. Think of a homemade card as a unique pat
on the shoulder during those hard times.
Big shots are only
little shots who keep shooting. ~Christopher Morley
Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer.
~Author Unknown
Success seems to be
largely a matter of hanging on after others have
let go. ~William Feather
When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum. ~Author Unknown
With ordinary talent and
extraordinary perseverance, all things are
attainable. ~Thomas Foxwell Buxton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert Schuller
Our greatest glory is
not in never failing, but in rising up every time
we fail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens
the lock. ~Author Unknown
Fall seven times, stand
up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
I may not be there yet,
but I'm closer than I was yesterday. ~Author
Unknown
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out
they've got a second. ~William James
There is no telling how
many miles you will have to run while chasing a
dream. ~Author Unknown
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after
another. ~Walter Elliott, The Spiritual Life
Perseverance... keeps
honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out
of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery. ~William
Shakespeare
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft
falling. ~Lucretius
He conquers who endures.
~Persius
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the
hard work you already did. ~Newt Gingrich
The greatest oak was
once a little nut who held its ground. ~Author
Unknown
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Consider the postage
stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to
stick to one thing till it gets there. ~Josh Billings
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to
stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have
crossed the mountain. ~Author Unknown
God brings men into deep
waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse
them. ~John Aughey
God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverb
The difficulties of life
are intended to make us better, not bitter.
~Author Unknown
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. ~Author
Unknown
When it is dark enough,
you can see the stars. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get
in line. ~Ashleigh Brilliant
I ask not for a lighter
burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish
Proverb
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that
He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa
If you're going through
hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. ~M. Kathleen Casey
What lies behind us and
what lies before us are tiny matters compared
to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to
make the turn. ~Author Unknown
He who has a why to live
can bear almost any how. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to
bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. ~William Faulkner
When the world says,
"Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown
Saints are sinners who kept on going. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Vitality shows in not
only the ability to persist but the ability to
start over. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.
~Antonio Porchia
Count the garden by the
flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count
your life with smiles and not the tears that roll. ~Author Unknown
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