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

God Almighty hates a quitter.

Fessenden, Samuel

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

Ruth, Babe

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

Keller, Helen

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

Bradley, Tom

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.

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

Churchill, Winston

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

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

10.

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

Bible

11.

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

12.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

13.

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

Euripides

14.

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

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

16.

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

Herhiser, Orel

17.

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

Mcpherson, Rene

18.

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

Ruth, Babe

19.

Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

20.

One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

Allen, George

21.

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

22.

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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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

24.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

25.

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

Burke, Edmund

26.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

27.

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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You have to persevere. You have to do it. I have insecurities. But whatever I'm insecure about I don't dissect it, but I'll go after it and say, What am I afraid of? I bet the average successful person can tell you they've failed so much more than they've had success. I've had far more failures than I've had successes. With every commercial I've gotten, there were 200 I didn't get. You have to go after what you're afraid of.

Sorbo, Kevin

29.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

30.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

31.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

32.

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

Askenberg, J.

33.

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

Ovid

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

Hays, Brian

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

39.

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

40.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Lucretius

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

42.

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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Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.

Ross, Percy

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Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

Wordsworth, William

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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

46.

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

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

Howard, Curly

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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.