Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Wickman, Bob

Best Quotes about Perseverance

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Coolidge, Calvin

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Saadi

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

Euripides

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

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.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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

Edison, Thomas A.

You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience

John Gruber

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

10.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

11.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

12.

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

Ruth, Babe

13.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

14.

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

Bible

15.

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

Osler, Sir William

16.

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

Corbett, James J.

17.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

18.

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

19.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

20.

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

Petty, Richard

21.

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

Hill, Napoleon

22.

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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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

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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

25.

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

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

Lucretius

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'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

29.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

30.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

31.

If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.

Smith, Frederick

32.

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

33.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

34.

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

Askenberg, J.

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

Churchill, Winston

37.

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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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.

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

Ovid

40.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

41.

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

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

Burke, Edmund

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

Lincoln, Abraham

44.

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

Herhiser, Orel

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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

46.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Edison, Thomas A.

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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

Hays, Brian

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When the going gets tough, the tough hang in there.