And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.
I believe man will not merely endure: he will prevail.
- Topic: Perseverance
- Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante
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More Quotes from William Faulkner
The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you—religion, pride, anything—it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If all people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.
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More on Perseverance
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.
Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.