Motivational Quotes

Perseverance

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

- Herhiser, Orel

Best Quotes about Perseverance

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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.

To be somebody you must last.

Gordon, Ruth

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

Riley, James Whitcomb

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

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

A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

10.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Perot, H. Ross

11.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

12.

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

Elliott, Walter

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

Euripides

17.

It's always too soon to quit.

Scoates, David T.

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Bradley, Tom

21.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

22.

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.

23.

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

Billings, Josh

24.

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

Nixon, Richard M.

25.

Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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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

27.

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.

28.

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

29.

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

Hays, Brian

30.

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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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

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Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

33.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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

Bible

35.

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

36.

All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

37.

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

Wickman, Bob

38.

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

Corbett, James J.

39.

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

Churchill, Winston

40.

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

42.

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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This lady is not for turning.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Samuel Johnson

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

Herhiser, Orel

46.

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

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Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty give way.

Collier, Jeremy

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As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Waitley, Denis

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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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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.