We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

Endurance is the crowning quality And patience all the passion of great hearts.

At least for soccer players it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance which comes from longer distance running and your speed which comes from sprint-based workouts.

Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage hardihood endurance faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.

Endurance is nobler than strength and patience than beauty.