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

They, that unnamed they, they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

Corso, Gregory

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

Bible

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

Herhiser, Orel

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

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.

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Churchill, Winston

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Peale, Norman Vincent

10.

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

11.

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

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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

17.

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

18.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

19.

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

Lucretius

20.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

22.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

23.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

24.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Herodotus

25.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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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

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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

28.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

29.

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.

30.

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

Corbett, James J.

31.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

32.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

33.

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

34.

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

Einstein, Albert

35.

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

Keller, Helen

36.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Marden, Orison Swett

39.

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

Ruth, Babe

40.

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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If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one!

DeVos, Richard M.

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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.

43.

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

Hays, Brian

44.

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

Euripides

45.

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

Hilton, Conrad

46.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

47.

All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

48.

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

Ross, Percy

49.

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

Bible

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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