Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never -- in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

- Churchill, Winston

Best Quotes about Perseverance

You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.

Askenberg, J.

A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.

Nixon, Richard M.

Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.

Cossman, E. Joseph

The most essential factor is persistence -- the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

Riley, James Whitcomb

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

Wordsworth, William

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Coolidge, Calvin

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

10.

One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.

I Ching

11.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

12.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

13.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

14.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Herodotus

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The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

16.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Perot, H. Ross

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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

18.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

Ruth, Babe

19.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Saadi

20.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

21.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Burke, Edmund

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Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

Mcpherson, Rene

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God Almighty hates a quitter.

Fessenden, Samuel

25.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

Marden, Orison Swett

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For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]

Bible

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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Forbes, B. C.

28.

Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when your rise to battle again.

29.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

Carnegie, Dale

30.

One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

Allen, George

31.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. [James 1:4]

Bible

32.

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

Doherty, Henry L.

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Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

Rohn, Jim

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When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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The person who wins may have been counted out several times, but didn't hear the referee.

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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they have gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you. Except the Will which says to them; Hold on!

Kipling, Rudyard

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To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle.

Osler, Sir William

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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Iacocca, Lee

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Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliance and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the ever lasting and sanctified bull doggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold.

Meldrum, Dr. A. B.

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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

44.

Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.

Bradley, Tom

45.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

Hill, Napoleon

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Success... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Hilton, Conrad

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When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

Brown, Les

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Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von