Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

- Marden, Orison Swett

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

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

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Nicklaus, Jack

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

Hays, Brian

Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

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

Hays, Brian

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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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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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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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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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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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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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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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My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

Borg, Bjorn

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

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

Burke, Edmund

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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

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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

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

Ruth, Babe

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How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Einstein, Albert

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

Howard, Curly

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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

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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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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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I will hold.

Motto

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Hilton, Conrad