Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

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

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me. Then I tried clods till I was all tired out, but I never got one. I did make some close shots, for I saw the black blot of the clod sail right into thee midst of the golden clusters forty or fifty times, just barely missing them, and if I could've held out a little longer, maybe I could've got one.

Twain, Mark

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

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

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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Fall seven times and stand up eight.

Proverb, Japanese

12.

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

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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.

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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

Keller, Helen

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

Bradley, Tom

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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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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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Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.

Pine, Arthur

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For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. [Hebrews 10:36]

Bible

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

Grant, Ulysses S.

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

Osler, Sir William

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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Andrews, Julie

25.

This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy, Titus

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I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Strauss, Robert

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

Burke, Edmund

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Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Lyly, John

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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained -- who can say this is not greatness?

Thackeray, William M.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

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

Nicklaus, Jack

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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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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

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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

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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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You have to persevere. You have to do it. I have insecurities. But whatever I'm insecure about I don't dissect it, but I'll go after it and say, What am I afraid of? I bet the average successful person can tell you they've failed so much more than they've had success. I've had far more failures than I've had successes. With every commercial I've gotten, there were 200 I didn't get. You have to go after what you're afraid of.

Sorbo, Kevin

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

Ruth, Babe

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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Never despair, keep pushing on!

Lipton, Sir Thomas

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

Hays, Brian

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

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I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

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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

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

Bible

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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