Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Keller, Helen

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Billings, Josh

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Elliott, Walter

10.

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

Einstein, Albert

11.

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

12.

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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A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Saadi

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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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Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

Riley, James Whitcomb

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

Ovid

18.

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

Lovell, Jim

19.

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

Samuel Johnson

20.

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

21.

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

Askenberg, J.

22.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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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

24.

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

Bible

25.

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

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

27.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

Grant, Ulysses S.

28.

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.

29.

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

Howard, Curly

30.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

31.

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

32.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

33.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

34.

All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

35.

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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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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Hill, Napoleon

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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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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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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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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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I will hold.

Motto

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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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Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

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Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Hill, Napoleon