Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

Christopher Reeve

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me. Then I tried clods till I was all tired out, but I never got one. I did make some close shots, for I saw the black blot of the clod sail right into thee midst of the golden clusters forty or fifty times, just barely missing them, and if I could've held out a little longer, maybe I could've got one.

Twain, Mark

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

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

Hays, Brian

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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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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It's when things get rough and you don't quit that success comes.

12.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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 jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

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

Keller, Helen

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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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

Riley, James Whitcomb

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

20.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

Grant, Ulysses S.

22.

You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience

John Gruber

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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

27.

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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

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Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty give way.

Collier, Jeremy

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It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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

Jessel, George

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

Ruth, Babe

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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

38.

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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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

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When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

Brown, Les

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To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

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If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.

Smith, Frederick

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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

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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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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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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

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If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they have gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you. Except the Will which says to them; Hold on!

Kipling, Rudyard

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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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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Elliott, Walter