Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

To be somebody you must last.

- Gordon, Ruth

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Samuel Johnson

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

Corbett, James J.

In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.

Henley, William Ernest

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

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

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

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

Howard, Curly

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You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience

John Gruber

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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

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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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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Ovid

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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.

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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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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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A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

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

Hays, Brian

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The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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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.

Billings, Josh

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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

Euripides

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Ruth, Babe

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

Ruth, Babe

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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.

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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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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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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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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Wickman, Bob

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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Lucretius

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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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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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.