Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

Jessel, George

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Robbins, Anthony

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

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.

10.

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

Wickman, Bob

11.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

12.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

15.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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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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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

20.

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

22.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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

Bible

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

Hays, Brian

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Elliott, Walter

30.

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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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Herodotus

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

34.

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

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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

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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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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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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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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When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

Brown, Les

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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

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Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.

Churchill, Winston

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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

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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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Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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

Burke, Edmund

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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Ovid

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

Mcpherson, Rene