“Be happy. Persevere.”

“Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.”

“In the belly of Leviathan, Mr Thomas, one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.”

“... we are in this boot camp to learn, that if we don't persevere through all this world's obstacles and all its wounds, we won't earn our next life of great adventure.”

“Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.”

“We who survive must go on in the names of those who fall, but if we dwell too much on the vivid details of what we’ve witnessed of man’s inhumanity to man, we simply can’t go on. Perseverance is impossible if we don’t permit ourselves to hope.”

“No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.”