Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Best Quotes about 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

You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

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

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

10.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

11.

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

Wickman, Bob

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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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I will hold.

Motto

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

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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

19.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Einstein, Albert

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

28.

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

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

Collier, Jeremy

31.

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

35.

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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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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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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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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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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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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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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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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Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.