Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Perseverance

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

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

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

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

Burke, Edmund

If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.

Howard, Curly

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

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

10.

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

11.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

12.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

13.

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.

14.

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

Bradley, Tom

15.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

16.

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

17.

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

18.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Beecher, Henry Ward

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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.

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Nixon, Richard M.

25.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Elliott, Walter

26.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Hill, Napoleon

27.

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

28.

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

Christopher Reeve

29.

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

Hill, Napoleon

30.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

31.

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

Einstein, Albert

32.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

33.

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.

34.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

35.

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Waitley, Denis

36.

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

37.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

38.

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

39.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

40.

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

Lovell, Jim

41.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

42.

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

Wickman, Bob

43.

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

44.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Euripides

45.

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

Ruth, Babe

46.

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

47.

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.

48.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

49.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

50.

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

Mcpherson, Rene