Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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Best Quotes about Perseverance

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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

2.

If you haven't struck oil in the first three minutes - stop boring!

Jessel, George

3.

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

Billings, Josh

4.

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

Lovell, Jim

5.

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

Hill, Napoleon

6.

The person who wins may have been counted out several times, but didn't hear the referee.

7.

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

8.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. [James 1:4]

Bible

9.

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

10.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

11.

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.

12.

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

Euripides

13.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

14.

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

15.

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

16.

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

Ruth, Babe

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

Hill, Napoleon

20.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

21.

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

Herhiser, Orel

22.

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

23.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

24.

If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.

Robbins, Anthony

25.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Palmer, Arnold

26.

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

Burke, Edmund

27.

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

28.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

29.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

30.

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

Bradley, Tom

31.

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

32.

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

33.

Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliance and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the ever lasting and sanctified bull doggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold.

Meldrum, Dr. A. B.

34.

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

35.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

36.

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

Einstein, Albert

37.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

38.

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

Einstein, Albert

39.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

40.

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

Mcpherson, Rene

41.

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

42.

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.

43.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

44.

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

45.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

46.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Edison, Thomas A.

47.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Lucretius

48.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

49.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. [Hebrews 10:36]

Bible

50.

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