Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

I Ching

I never thought I didn't have a card to play.

Lovell, Jim

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

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

Smith, Sydney

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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

Chesterfield, Lord

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Edison, Thomas A.

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.

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

12.

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

Ruth, Babe

13.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

14.

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

Hill, Napoleon

15.

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

Howard, Curly

16.

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

Grant, Ulysses S.

17.

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

18.

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

Lucretius

19.

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.

20.

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

21.

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

Churchill, Winston

22.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

23.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

24.

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

25.

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

26.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

27.

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.

28.

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

Einstein, Albert

29.

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

Bible

30.

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

31.

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.

32.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

33.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Petty, Richard

34.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

35.

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

Billings, Josh

36.

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

37.

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

Bradley, Tom

38.

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

39.

I will hold.

Motto

40.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

41.

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

Hill, Napoleon

42.

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.

43.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

44.

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

Euripides

45.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

46.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

47.

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

48.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

49.

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

50.

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