Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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.

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Plutarch

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.

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

Collier, Jeremy

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

Einstein, Albert

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

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

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

10.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

11.

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.

12.

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

Bradley, Tom

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

Bible

16.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

17.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

18.

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

19.

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

Hill, Napoleon

20.

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

Jessel, George

21.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

22.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle.

Osler, Sir William

23.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

24.

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

25.

Success... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Hilton, Conrad

26.

If you've got the guts to stick it out... you're going to make it.

Hays, Brian

27.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

28.

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

29.

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

30.

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

31.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

32.

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

Wickman, Bob

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

36.

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 failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

38.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

Hill, Napoleon

39.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

40.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

41.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

42.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

46.

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

Churchill, Winston

47.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Petty, Richard

48.

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

Mcpherson, Rene

49.

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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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