Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

- Engstrom, Ted W.

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Engstrom, Ted W.

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

Herhiser, Orel

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

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

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.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

10.

You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.

Askenberg, J.

11.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

12.

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Hill, Napoleon

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

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

Hill, Napoleon

23.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

24.

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

Burke, Edmund

25.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Saadi

26.

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

27.

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 must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. [James 1:4]

Bible

29.

A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.

Nixon, Richard M.

30.

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

31.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

32.

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

Nicklaus, Jack

33.

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

34.

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

Mcpherson, Rene

35.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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

37.

If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.

Howard, Curly

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I will hold.

Motto

39.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Perot, H. Ross

40.

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

Corbett, James J.

41.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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The most essential factor is persistence -- the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

Riley, James Whitcomb

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Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

44.

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

Euripides

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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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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

Wickman, Bob

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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

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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean