Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.

Smith, Frederick

If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.

Robbins, Anthony

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

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

You have to persevere. You have to do it. I have insecurities. But whatever I'm insecure about I don't dissect it, but I'll go after it and say, What am I afraid of? I bet the average successful person can tell you they've failed so much more than they've had success. I've had far more failures than I've had successes. With every commercial I've gotten, there were 200 I didn't get. You have to go after what you're afraid of.

Sorbo, Kevin

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one!

DeVos, Richard M.

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Billings, Josh

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

Snead, Sam

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When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

Paul, Alice

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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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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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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged.

Edison, Thomas A.

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The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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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

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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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I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Thatcher, Margaret

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God Almighty hates a quitter.

Fessenden, Samuel

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Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

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I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

Herhiser, Orel

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I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Palmer, Arnold

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

Ruth, Babe

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I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it.

Wickman, Bob

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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

Grant, Ulysses S.

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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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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Hill, Napoleon

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No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Petty, Richard

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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

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I never thought I didn't have a card to play.

Lovell, Jim

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

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

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Ruth, Babe

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

Askenberg, J.

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

Corbett, James J.

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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

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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Strauss, Robert

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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.