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

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

Lucretius

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.

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

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverb, African

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.

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

Burke, Edmund

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

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

Bradley, Tom

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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Rockefeller, John D.

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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

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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.

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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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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

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Persevere and get it done.

Allen, George

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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

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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

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

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If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Billings, Josh

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One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

Allen, George

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The only way to overcome is to hang in.

O'Brien, Dan

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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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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

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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

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God Almighty hates a quitter.

Fessenden, Samuel

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All great achievements require time.

Schwartz, David J.

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

Ovid

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If you haven't struck oil in the first three minutes - stop boring!

Jessel, George

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The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

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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

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I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

King, Billie Jean

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

Bible

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Never, never, never, never give up.

Churchill, Winston

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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.

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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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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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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bible

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A jug fills drop by drop.

Buddha

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

Ruth, Babe

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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