Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

Askenberg, J.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

Riley, James Whitcomb

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

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

Ruth, Babe

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. [Hebrews 10:36]

Bible

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

11.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

12.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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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.

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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

15.

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

Herhiser, Orel

16.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.

Churchill, Winston

17.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

Allen, George E.

18.

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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Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.

Pine, Arthur

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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Edison, Thomas A.

21.

They, that unnamed they, they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

Corso, Gregory

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Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Chesterfield, Lord

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Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty give way.

Collier, Jeremy

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Bible

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Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Iacocca, Lee

27.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Hill, Napoleon

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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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

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Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers and fruits spring up and flourish in the desert abode of thorns and briars.

Goodrich, Samuel G.

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If you've got the guts to stick it out... you're going to make it.

Hays, Brian

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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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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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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

Grant, Ulysses S.

37.

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

38.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

James, William

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What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Hill, Napoleon

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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

Harris, Sidney J.

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

Bradley, Tom

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Don't worry about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: Don't grumble. Plug on!

Treves, Sir Thomas

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It's when things get rough and you don't quit that success comes.

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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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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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If you haven't struck oil in the first three minutes - stop boring!

Jessel, George

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I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

Lincoln, Abraham

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