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

17.

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

18.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Hayes, Woody

19.

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

20.

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

Petty, Richard

21.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

22.

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

23.

The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

24.

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

Einstein, Albert

25.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

26.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Eggleston, Edward

27.

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

28.

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

Bradley, Tom

29.

How long should you try? Until.

Rohn, Jim

30.

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

31.

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.

32.

Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliance and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the ever lasting and sanctified bull doggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold.

Meldrum, Dr. A. B.

33.

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

Bible

34.

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

35.

I am confident. I never give up.

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez

36.

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.

37.

Don't halt before you are lame.

Proverb, English

38.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

Ruth, Babe

39.

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

Engstrom, Ted W.

40.

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

Askenberg, J.

41.

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

42.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

43.

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

Ovid

44.

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

Euripides

45.

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

46.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

47.

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

Billings, Josh

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.

Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

Wordsworth, William

50.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell