Sometimes you have to endure painful things to realize that you're a whole lot stronger than you think.

About Jenn Bennett

Jenn Bennett (born March 1978) is an American author of novels for teens and adults. Her notable works include Alex, Approximately, Starry Eyes, and The Anatomical Shape of a Heart (aka Night Owls).

More quotations from Jenn Bennett

Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I'm aloof. Maybe I just want to be alone. Maybe I'm not good at conversation. We all can't be cool and gregarious and 'Hey, bro what up?' like he apparently is. Some of us aren't wired for that.

—Jenn Bennett in Approximately

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There was only so much worrying you could do before you just had to accept what life throws at you and move on, because some things were going to be out of your control, and others can't be fixed or changed.

—Jenn Bennett in Summoning the Night

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More quotations tagged with “endurance”

He conquers who endures.

—Persius

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I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

—Shannon Hale in The Goose Girl

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

—Georgia O'Keeffe

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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

—Alfred Hitchcock

time endurance movies

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

—Muhammad Ali

life endurance

History

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