Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

The most essential factor is persistence -- the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

- Riley, James Whitcomb

Best Quotes about Perseverance

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

Lincoln, Abraham

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle.

Osler, Sir William

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

Herhiser, Orel

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

Jessel, George

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

Askenberg, J.

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

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

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

Hilton, Conrad

10.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

11.

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

12.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

13.

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

14.

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

Bradley, Tom

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It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

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

Einstein, Albert

17.

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.

18.

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

Grant, Ulysses S.

19.

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

Mcpherson, Rene

20.

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.

21.

I will hold.

Motto

22.

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

Lovell, Jim

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Corbett, James J.

26.

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

27.

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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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

29.

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

30.

I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it.

Wickman, Bob

31.

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

Smith, Sydney

32.

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.

33.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Samuel Johnson

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

35.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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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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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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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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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

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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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Lucretius

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Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Bible

45.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

46.

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

Einstein, Albert

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