Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

- O'Brien, Dan

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Bible

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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

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

Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.

Ross, Percy

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

10.

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

Euripides

11.

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

12.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

13.

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

14.

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

Einstein, Albert

15.

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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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

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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

18.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

19.

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

20.

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

Nicklaus, Jack

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Thatcher, Margaret

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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

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

Ruth, Babe

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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

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It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

28.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

30.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

31.

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Ruth, Babe

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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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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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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

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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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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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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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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

41.

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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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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I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

Herhiser, Orel

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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 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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If you've got the guts to stick it out... you're going to make it.

Hays, Brian

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

Lovell, Jim

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

Samuel Johnson

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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