Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

A jug fills drop by drop.

- Buddha

Best Quotes about 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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Strauss, Robert

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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

Ovid

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

Ruth, Babe

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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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One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

Allen, George

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

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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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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

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

Wickman, Bob

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

Hays, Brian

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God Almighty hates a quitter.

Fessenden, Samuel

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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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Rockefeller, John D.

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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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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

29.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

30.

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

Jessel, George

31.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Billings, Josh

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

Burke, Edmund

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

Lovell, Jim

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

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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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I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Euripides

46.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

Nicklaus, Jack

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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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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.