Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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.

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

Herhiser, Orel

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Samuel Johnson

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

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

11.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

Wickman, Bob

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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

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

Hays, Brian

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

Lovell, Jim

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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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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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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

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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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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

Bible

23.

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

Keller, Helen

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Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

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

Jessel, George

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

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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

Ruth, Babe

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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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When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Riis, Jacob

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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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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

33.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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

Mcpherson, Rene

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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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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Lucretius

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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.

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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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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.

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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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It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

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My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

Borg, Bjorn

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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 last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

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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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To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

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A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

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

Christopher Reeve