Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

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

Howard, Curly

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

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hilton, Conrad

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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

Euripides

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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

14.

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

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

Collier, Jeremy

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There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.

Hays, Brian

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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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

Einstein, Albert

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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.

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

Bible

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

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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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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.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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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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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Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

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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

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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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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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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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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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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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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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Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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God Almighty hates a quitter.

Fessenden, Samuel

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

Bradley, Tom

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

Doherty, Henry L.

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.