Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Riley, James Whitcomb

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

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

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

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

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

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers and fruits spring up and flourish in the desert abode of thorns and briars.

Goodrich, Samuel G.

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

Hill, Napoleon

10.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

Carnegie, Dale

11.

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

Einstein, Albert

12.

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

Ross, Percy

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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.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

19.

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

20.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

21.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it.

Wickman, Bob

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Howard, Curly

27.

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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I will hold.

Motto

29.

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

Mcpherson, Rene

30.

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

Collier, Jeremy

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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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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.

33.

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

Burke, Edmund

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

Bradley, Tom

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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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

38.

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

39.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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

Bible

41.

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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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

45.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

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Never, never, never, never give up.

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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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

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A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha