I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.

We can endure almost anything if we are centered, if we have some focus in our life. You can endure if you have an anchor.

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does not concern her.

With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.

The great thing about Bombay is its open, generous heart. I hope - I know - that this spirit will endure. Bombay will adjust.

The Dracula movies are probably some of the most famous and enduring ones there are and I am very grateful to them, for sure.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.

Historically, science-fiction and fantasy literature is no stranger to controversy, but it has learned how to adapt and endure.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives.

I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. It's using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.

In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never.

I always felt that whatever I had to endure was nothing compared to what the average soldier, sailor or airman had to put up with.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the adulation.

People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses.

the days of our lives vanish utterly, more insubstantial than if they had been invented. Fiction can seem more enduring than reality.

I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.

You know, women always could endure more than men. Not only physically, but mentally - did you ever get a peek at some of the husbands?

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist.

There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance.

My rational mind knows I am blessed. So many women - some of whom I've interviewed over the years - endure infertility and childlessness.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies.

Of all things that can happen to us, triumph is the most difficult to endure when we are alone. Deprived of witnesses, it shrinks at once.

I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her classicism.

Many of us will endure a lifetime following others. Institutionalisation suits many but not all. Some of us thrive beyond those boundaries.

So the more things remained the same, the more they changed after all. Nothing endures. Not love, not a tree, not even a death by violence.

Who is the great man? He who is strongest in patience. He who patiently endures injury, and maintains a blameless life--he is a man indeed!

True twins share womb chemistry and endure many fateful slings and arrows together. The fabled connection between twins is true in my case.

The present always masquerades as a beginning; maybe we couldn't endure it if we realized at the time that it was a peak, or even an ending.

My own experience of dating cis-hetero men has really been a challenge, because of the stigma they have to endure for attempting to love us.

Like Grand Central Station, which is a marvelous building, the design and engineering of the Oculus will endure for many generations to come.

When you endure an 82-game season, you have a great opportunity to build a lot of confidence and cohesiveness with your teammates and coaches.

Persecutions are inevitable as a Christian. We are not greater than our Master, Jesus Christ, in whose Holy Spirit we gain strength to endure.

Recognize your highest calling as early in life as possible. Proactively and creatively persist, day in and day out. Leave an enduring legacy.

God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.

Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.

Not too many guys can say their career was always on the up. You just endure it and continue to work hard, continue to try to be a better player.

The child who is uprooted begins to recognize that what he builds within himself is what will endure, what will withstand shattering experiences.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

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