Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Herhiser, Orel

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

Hilton, Conrad

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

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

Ruth, Babe

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Einstein, Albert

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

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

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

Riley, James Whitcomb

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

11.

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.

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

Nicklaus, Jack

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bible

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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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

Samuel Johnson

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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Strauss, Robert

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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

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

28.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

Ovid

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If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Bradley, Tom

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

Corbett, James J.

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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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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Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when your rise to battle again.

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Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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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

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

Jessel, George

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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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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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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward