Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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.

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

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

Ovid

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

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

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

Corbett, James J.

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

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

Herhiser, Orel

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

Hays, Brian

10.

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

Bible

11.

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

12.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

13.

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

Lucretius

14.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Elliott, Walter

15.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

16.

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

Euripides

17.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

18.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

19.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

20.

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

21.

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.

22.

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

Howard, Curly

23.

I will hold.

Motto

24.

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

25.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

26.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

27.

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

Hill, Napoleon

28.

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

Einstein, Albert

29.

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

Smith, Sydney

30.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

31.

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

32.

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

Lovell, Jim

33.

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

Hilton, Conrad

34.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

35.

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

36.

Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

37.

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

38.

Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers and fruits spring up and flourish in the desert abode of thorns and briars.

Goodrich, Samuel G.

39.

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

Bradley, Tom

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

41.

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.

42.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.

Bierce, Ambrose

43.

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.

44.

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

Hill, Napoleon

45.

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

Billings, Josh

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

Einstein, Albert

49.

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

50.

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