Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Einstein, Albert

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

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

Askenberg, J.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

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

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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

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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.

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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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

Grant, Ulysses S.

18.

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

Lovell, Jim

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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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The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

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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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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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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

24.

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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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

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Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

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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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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

Rohn, Jim

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

31.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Forbes, B. C.

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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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My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

Borg, Bjorn

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Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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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

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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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

38.

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

Einstein, Albert

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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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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

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

Bible

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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

Hill, Napoleon

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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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

Bradley, Tom

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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

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

Elliott, Walter

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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

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose