Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Edison, Thomas A.

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Plutarch

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

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

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Bradley, Tom

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Einstein, Albert

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

10.

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

11.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

12.

Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.

Ross, Percy

13.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Rockefeller, John D.

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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

15.

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

16.

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

Hilton, Conrad

17.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

19.

There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.

Hays, Brian

20.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

21.

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

Jessel, George

22.

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

Mcpherson, Rene

23.

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

Ruth, Babe

24.

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

25.

All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

27.

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

28.

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.

29.

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained -- who can say this is not greatness?

Thackeray, William M.

30.

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

31.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

32.

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

Bible

33.

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.

34.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

35.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

Borg, Bjorn

36.

I will hold.

Motto

37.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

38.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

39.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

40.

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

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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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We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

Keller, Helen

43.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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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

45.

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

Hays, Brian

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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

Nicklaus, Jack

48.

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