Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Euripides

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Corbett, James J.

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

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

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

Jessel, George

16.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

21.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

22.

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.

23.

Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me. Then I tried clods till I was all tired out, but I never got one. I did make some close shots, for I saw the black blot of the clod sail right into thee midst of the golden clusters forty or fifty times, just barely missing them, and if I could've held out a little longer, maybe I could've got one.

Twain, Mark

24.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

25.

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

Collier, Jeremy

26.

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

Nicklaus, Jack

27.

When the going gets tough, the tough hang in there.

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 rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Engstrom, Ted W.

30.

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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It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Einstein, Albert

32.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

33.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. [James 1:4]

Bible

34.

Hill, Napoleon

35.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

36.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

37.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

38.

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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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Herodotus

40.

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

41.

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

Keller, Helen

42.

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

43.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

44.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

45.

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

46.

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

Hill, Napoleon

47.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

48.

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

49.

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

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

Samuel Johnson