Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Hays, Brian

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Hilton, Conrad

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

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

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

Riley, James Whitcomb

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

10.

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

11.

I will hold.

Motto

12.

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

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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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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

15.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

16.

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

Ruth, Babe

17.

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

18.

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

19.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

20.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

21.

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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When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

Paul, Alice

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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

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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

25.

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

Askenberg, J.

28.

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

Hill, Napoleon

29.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

30.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

31.

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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

34.

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

Churchill, Winston

35.

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

36.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

37.

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

Christopher Reeve

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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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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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It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

41.

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

Ovid

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

Bible

47.

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

Billings, Josh

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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

Hays, Brian