Quotes about perseverance

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

Elliott, Walter on perseverance
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"By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on perseverance
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"The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory."

Engstrom, Ted W. on perseverance   

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

Euripides on perseverance
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"God Almighty hates a quitter."

Fessenden, Samuel on 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. on perseverance
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"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

Gingrich, Newt on perseverance
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"We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on perseverance   

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on perseverance   

"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. on perseverance   

"To be somebody you must last."

Gordon, Ruth on perseverance   

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

Grant, Ulysses S. on perseverance   

"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. on perseverance   

"It matters if you just don't give up."

Hawking, Stephen on perseverance   

"Paralyze resistance with persistence."

Hayes, Woody on perseverance
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"There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit."

Hays, Brian on perseverance
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"If you've got the guts to stick it out... you're going to make it."

Hays, Brian on perseverance
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"The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains."

Hello, Ernest on perseverance   

"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 on perseverance   

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

Herhiser, Orel on perseverance
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"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 on perseverance
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"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 on perseverance
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"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 on perseverance
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"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."

Hill, Napoleon on perseverance
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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 on perseverance   

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

Hill, Napoleon on perseverance   

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

Hill, Napoleon on perseverance
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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 on perseverance
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"The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

Housman, A. E. on perseverance   

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

Howard, Curly on perseverance
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"How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?"

Hubbard, Elbert on perseverance
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"Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness."

Huxley, Thomas H. on perseverance
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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 on perseverance   

"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 on perseverance   

"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 on perseverance   

"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 on perseverance
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"Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance."

Johnson, Samuel on perseverance
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"We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough."

Keller, Helen on perseverance
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"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

King, Billie Jean on perseverance