Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Hill, Napoleon

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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

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

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

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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.

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

Bible

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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.

Cossman, E. Joseph

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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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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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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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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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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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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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The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

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

Hays, Brian

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

Riley, James Whitcomb

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Jessel, George

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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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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

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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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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

Allen, George E.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

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

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

Ruth, Babe

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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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

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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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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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Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

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I will hold.

Motto

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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

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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

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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.

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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

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

Grant, Ulysses S.