Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Einstein, Albert

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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

Billings, Josh

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

Burke, Edmund

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

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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

Lincoln, Abraham

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

Corbett, James J.

10.

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

11.

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never -- in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Churchill, Winston

12.

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

Ruth, Babe

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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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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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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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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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

18.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

19.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

20.

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

22.

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

Ovid

28.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Herhiser, Orel

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

Petty, Richard

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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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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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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

40.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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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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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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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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Jessel, George

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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

50.

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

Einstein, Albert