Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

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

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

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Hilton, Conrad

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Perot, H. Ross

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

Askenberg, J.

11.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Samuel Johnson

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Jessel, George

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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

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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

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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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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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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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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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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

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

Corbett, James J.

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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

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Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

27.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

28.

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Burke, Edmund

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliance and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the ever lasting and sanctified bull doggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold.

Meldrum, Dr. A. B.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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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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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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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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Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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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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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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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

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

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

Einstein, Albert

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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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

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

Howard, Curly