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Welcome to our collection of quotes and quote pictures about perseverance.

Call it dedication, determination, endurance, grit, moxie, persistence, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, backbone, constancy, doggedness, drive, follow through, guts, indefatigability, pertinacity, pluck, or resolution. Call it the key to success. Call it a critical requirement in order to build anything great. Call it the key to life.

Call it what you will - ultimately it means you don't give up. Because perseverance pays off.

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quote by Robert Frost: The best way out is always through. with background image:

The best way out is always through.

--Robert Frost
quote by D. Pariz: Perseverance Pays. with background image:

Perseverance Pays.

--D. Pariz

quote by David Cancel: Show up. Show up when it's hard. Show up when you're scared. Just keep showing up. Show them your truth. Do it by showing up and not backin… with background image:

Show up. Show up when it's hard. Show up when you're scared. Just keep showing up. Show them your truth. Do it by showing up and not backing down.

--David Cancel
quote by Walter Elliott: Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. with background image:

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

--Walter Elliott
quote by Jayleigh Cape: Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving. with background image:

Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving.

--Jayleigh Cape
quote by Thomas Fowell Buxton: With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. with background image:

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

--Thomas Fowell Buxton
quote by George Augustus Moore: A winner is just a loser who tried one more time. with background image:

A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.

--George Augustus Moore
quote by Charles the Bold: It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. with background image:

It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.

--Charles the Bold
quote by Paul G. Stoltz: Ability to persevere begins with you, the individual. However, change is rarely easy. In fact, sometimes it is downright formidable. with background image:

Ability to persevere begins with you, the individual. However, change is rarely easy. In fact, sometimes it is downright formidable.

--Paul G. Stoltz
quote by J. D. Netto: The world we see in our minds become our reality. Yes, we have to fight against darkness every once in a while, but those who persevere get… with background image:

The world we see in our minds become our reality. Yes, we have to fight against darkness every once in a while, but those who persevere get their reward.

--J.D. Netto
quote by Walt Whitman Rostow: I see light at the end of the tunnel. with background image:

I see light at the end of the tunnel.

--Walt Whitman Rostow
quote by William Edward Hickson: If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. with background image:

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

--William Edward Hickson
quote by Cheri M. Partain: The answer is always no, if you don't ask. with background image:

The answer is always no, if you don't ask.

--Cheri M. Partain
quote by Joe De Sana: Three tips for becoming successful: consistency, consistency, and consistency. with background image:

Three tips for becoming successful: consistency, consistency, and consistency.

--Joe De Sana
quote by Zoe Koplowitz: Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You'll get there, I promise. with background image:

Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You'll get there, I promise.

--Zoe Koplowitz

quote by I. F. Stone: The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you're going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until… with background image:

The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you're going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.

--I. F. Stone
quote by Ricardo Liborio: You learn how to persevere... to have discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit. with background image:

You learn how to persevere... to have discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit.

--Ricardo Liborio
quote by Paul Delaroche: There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere. with background image:

There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.

--Paul Delaroche
quote by Magha: The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere. with background image:

The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.

--Magha
quote by Isabel Aanya Leigh: Someday I will succeed in my dream. Someday I will overcome my fears. As for me in this current moment though, I must just carry on. with background image:

Someday I will succeed in my dream. Someday I will overcome my fears. As for me in this current moment though, I must just carry on.

--Isabel Aanya Leigh
quote by Richard Machowicz: You are capable of more than you ever thought. with background image:

You are capable of more than you ever thought.

--Richard Machowicz
quote by Alexandre Dumas: Remember that what has once been done may be done again. with background image:

Remember that what has once been done may be done again.

--Alexandre Dumas
quote by Amy Leigh Mercree: Your dreams are worth it. Persevere. Your focus is your power. Harness it. with background image:

Your dreams are worth it. Persevere. Your focus is your power. Harness it.

--Amy Leigh Mercree
quote by Anthony Liccione: Ever notice the word 'rough' in through? There is truth to that, though the way may be rough, we are still able to get through it. with background image:

Ever notice the word 'rough' in through? There is truth to that, though the way may be rough, we are still able to get through it.

--Anthony Liccione
quote by Brian Norgard: Rejection is a success tax. with background image:

Rejection is a success tax.

--Brian Norgard

quote by Catherine Ponder: Through persistence, you can be one of those happy, victorious people who not only chases dreams, but who catches them! The persistent man … with background image:

Through persistence, you can be one of those happy, victorious people who not only chases dreams, but who catches them! The persistent man also perseveres long enough for his dreams to catch up with him!

--Catherine Ponder
quote by Charles F. Glassman: Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. with background image:

Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life.

--Charles F. Glassman
quote by Charles de Gaulle: A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize hi… with background image:

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

--Charles de Gaulle
quote by Christopher Morley: Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. with background image:

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

--Christopher Morley
quote by Christopher Reeve: So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. with background image:

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

--Christopher Reeve
quote by Corita Kent: Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed. with background image:

Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

--Corita Kent
quote by Curtis Tyrone Jones: No stress. Just keep sticking it to failure until you give birth to success. with background image:

No stress. Just keep sticking it to failure until you give birth to success.

--Curtis Tyrone Jones
quote by Curtis Tyrone Jones: Wake up! And lay claim to your dream with sacred determination flashing in your eyes, never to play small for the rest of your life. with background image:

Wake up! And lay claim to your dream with sacred determination flashing in your eyes, never to play small for the rest of your life.

--Curtis Tyrone Jones
quote by Curtis Tyrone Jones: Life can break you many times before you get your big break. with background image:

Life can break you many times before you get your big break.

--Curtis Tyrone Jones
quote by David Goggins: Inner strength isn't found -- it's created. with background image:

Inner strength isn't found -- it's created.

--David Goggins
quote by David Goggins: Whoever says you can't develop mental toughness or anything else doesn't truly understand the human mind or the human spirit. with background image:

Whoever says you can't develop mental toughness or anything else doesn't truly understand the human mind or the human spirit.

--David Goggins
quote by David Livingstone: Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair. with background image:

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

--David Livingstone
quote by Dean Koontz: Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail; Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail. with background image:

Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail; Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail.

--Dean Koontz
quote by Debasish Mridha, MD: Never quit -- persist. with background image:

Never quit -- persist.

--Debasish Mridha, MD
quote by Debasish Mridha, MD: If you start and persist you will succeed. with background image:

If you start and persist you will succeed.

--Debasish Mridha, MD
quote by Edward O. Wilson: You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. B… with background image: photo of author Edward O. Wilson with quote: You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the b...

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

--Edward O. Wilson
quote by Edmond Mbiaka: Motivation is what gets you started, but persistence is the only thing that guarantees your success. with background image:

Motivation is what gets you started, but persistence is the only thing that guarantees your success.

--Edmond Mbiaka
quote by Edmond Mbiaka: Perseverance is the true beginning of a life of victory. with background image:

Perseverance is the true beginning of a life of victory.

--Edmond Mbiaka
quote by Edmond Mbiaka: The toughness of any journey means absolutely nothing to a mind that travels with the spirit of perseverance. with background image:

The toughness of any journey means absolutely nothing to a mind that travels with the spirit of perseverance.

--Edmond Mbiaka
quote by Edmond Mbiaka: Whatever it is that you are going through at the moment, stay strong and keep your faith alive. Through perseverance, time will surely come… with background image:

Whatever it is that you are going through at the moment, stay strong and keep your faith alive. Through perseverance, time will surely come to your rescue.

--Edmond Mbiaka
quote by Edmond Mbiaka: As long as you choose to persist and persevere, one day you would gladly look back and be very proud that you never gave up. with background image:

As long as you choose to persist and persevere, one day you would gladly look back and be very proud that you never gave up.

--Edmond Mbiaka
quote by Edmond Mbiaka: No matter how hard things get, you owe it to yourself to always find a way to persist and persevere until you are greatly rewarded for all … with background image:

No matter how hard things get, you owe it to yourself to always find a way to persist and persevere until you are greatly rewarded for all your pain and sufferings.

--Edmond Mbiaka
quote by Eliza Cook: Perseverance is to patience what the thread is to the needle. with background image:

Perseverance is to patience what the thread is to the needle.

--Eliza Cook
quote by Eric Thomas: It ain't nothing you can't have if you willing to persevere! Willing to stick in there! Willing to fight! with background image:

It ain't nothing you can't have if you willing to persevere! Willing to stick in there! Willing to fight!

--Eric Thomas
quote by Euripides: To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. with background image:

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

--Euripides
quote by Flavia Weedn: If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. with background image:

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.

--Flavia Weedn
quote by Francis Quarles: The road to perseverance lies by doubt. with background image:

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

--Francis Quarles
quote by George Clooney: The only failure is not to try. with background image:

The only failure is not to try.

--George Clooney
quote by George Saunders: Every step was a victory. He had to remember that. with background image:

Every step was a victory. He had to remember that.

--George Saunders

quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. : Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel. with background image:

Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.

--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
quote by Heinrich Heine: First, I thought, almost despairing,
This must crush my spirit now;
Yet I bore it, and am bearing-
Only do not ask me how. with background image:

First, I thought, almost despairing,
This must crush my spirit now;
Yet I bore it, and am bearing-
Only do not ask me how.

--Heinrich Heine
quote by Isak Dinesen: When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, sud… with background image:

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.

--Isak Dinesen
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Don't give up; try again. Be still and work it out till your good becomes the best! Dream high above the sky! with background image:

Don't give up; try again. Be still and work it out till your good becomes the best! Dream high above the sky!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Never be discouraged. The fact that you will be a winner at the first attempt is unclear. You don't get master's degree after attending sch… with background image:

Never be discouraged. The fact that you will be a winner at the first attempt is unclear. You don't get master's degree after attending school on the first day. You got to endure till you get there.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Majority of excuses are deliberate attempts to keep success far away! Never be impressed by calling attentions that tell you to give up! In… with background image:

Majority of excuses are deliberate attempts to keep success far away! Never be impressed by calling attentions that tell you to give up! Insist, Resist and Persist to the end!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Be consistent with what you believe and do. Persist and insist that you will do it till it's done and done well. with background image:

Be consistent with what you believe and do. Persist and insist that you will do it till it's done and done well.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Your passion is measured by the difference between your willingness to take actions and your desire to quit. When your desire to quit outwe… with background image:

Your passion is measured by the difference between your willingness to take actions and your desire to quit. When your desire to quit outweighs your willingness to persist, you are ripe for failure!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Mastery is not dispensed on the podium of quitters; but purchased on the counter of consistent application of self-willing can do spirit an… with background image:

Mastery is not dispensed on the podium of quitters; but purchased on the counter of consistent application of self-willing can do spirit and an outstanding endurance to persevere with persistent endurance till the end!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; Can I pursue this till the end? Am I sure I wil… with background image:

If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; Can I pursue this till the end? Am I sure I will never give up on it? This is persistence.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Successful people are defined as ordinary people who never gave up on their dreams and passion is the secret of that persistence! with background image:

Successful people are defined as ordinary people who never gave up on their dreams and passion is the secret of that persistence!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: If you persist in doing what everyone feels you can't do, they'll soon see your success and ask how did you do it? with background image:

If you persist in doing what everyone feels you can't do, they'll soon see your success and ask how did you do it?

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: If you're going to give up after few attempts, bear it in mind that your struggles are going to be wasted. with background image:

If you're going to give up after few attempts, bear it in mind that your struggles are going to be wasted.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Get this; without a continuous struggle, your previous struggles will become a waste. Stay on and hold on until the success become evident. with background image:

Get this; without a continuous struggle, your previous struggles will become a waste. Stay on and hold on until the success become evident.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: You got to insist on your success, resist every obstacle and persist in times of difficulty and you will get there. with background image:

You got to insist on your success, resist every obstacle and persist in times of difficulty and you will get there.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: When you get a pinch and decide to give up, you will get a cut when you eventually do so. The consequences of giving up are more harmful th… with background image:

When you get a pinch and decide to give up, you will get a cut when you eventually do so. The consequences of giving up are more harmful than the causes. Just don't give up!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Success is reserved for you if you persevere; it's not deserved by you if you are indolent! with background image:

Success is reserved for you if you persevere; it's not deserved by you if you are indolent!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: When you complain, you explain pain for no gain. Endure and balance yourself through the pain, be hopeful and persist to the end. with background image:

When you complain, you explain pain for no gain. Endure and balance yourself through the pain, be hopeful and persist to the end.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: The success gate is far at the end of the long failure corridor. Keep moving no matter how many potholes you step into. You will get there … with background image:

The success gate is far at the end of the long failure corridor. Keep moving no matter how many potholes you step into. You will get there with time!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Whatever you begin will see the light of day provided you can dream big and be a ruler over your dreams with persistent actions. with background image:

Whatever you begin will see the light of day provided you can dream big and be a ruler over your dreams with persistent actions.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Courage provides you with two qualities; the capability to begin something and the ability to endure it to the end! Let no one stop you fro… with background image:

Courage provides you with two qualities; the capability to begin something and the ability to endure it to the end! Let no one stop you from sparking your life with courage!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: You may bend, but that will not bring your life to an end. Your refusal to give up is the key; your rose flowers blossom from the thorns of… with background image:

You may bend, but that will not bring your life to an end. Your refusal to give up is the key; your rose flowers blossom from the thorns of life!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: When resistance closes the door against you, remember that persistence holds the key. Don't give up too early; insist to endure to the end.… with background image:

When resistance closes the door against you, remember that persistence holds the key. Don't give up too early; insist to endure to the end... You will never regret it!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: The deeper the difficulty in fulfilling a dream, the brighter the outcome of its fulfillment and the sweeter the celebration thereof. Persi… with background image:

The deeper the difficulty in fulfilling a dream, the brighter the outcome of its fulfillment and the sweeter the celebration thereof. Persist to the end; don't give up!

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: The great opportunity you are daring to get may not come at once. But it is possible that this opportunity is hidden in the tiny ones you n… with background image:

The great opportunity you are daring to get may not come at once. But it is possible that this opportunity is hidden in the tiny ones you neglect every day.

--Israelmore Ayivor
quote by Israelmore Ayivor: Discover a purpose that gives you passion. Develop a plan that makes you persistent. Design a preparation and motivates you to optimize you… with background image:

Discover a purpose that gives you passion. Develop a plan that makes you persistent. Design a preparation and motivates you to optimize your potentials. Do it because you love it!

--Israelmore Ayivor

quote by Jack Canfield: The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you … with background image:

The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.

--Jack Canfield
quote by Jack Kornfield: We each need to make our lion's roar -- to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears -- … with background image:

We each need to make our lion's roar -- to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears -- to declare our right to awaken.

--Jack Kornfield
quote by James Clear: The most useful form of patience is persistence. Patience implies waiting for things to improve on their own. Persistence implies keeping y… with background image:

The most useful form of patience is persistence. Patience implies waiting for things to improve on their own. Persistence implies keeping your head down and continuing to work when things take longer than you expect.

--James Clear
quote by James Clear: You don't need an easier life, but rather an attitude of perseverance. Attitude precedes outcome. with background image:

You don't need an easier life, but rather an attitude of perseverance. Attitude precedes outcome.

--James Clear
quote by Jane Fonda: The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me. with background image:

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

--Jane Fonda
quote by Jean de La Fontaine: Patience and perseverance at length
Accomplish more than anger or brute strength. with background image:

Patience and perseverance at length
Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.

--Jean de La Fontaine
quote by John Quincy Adams: Try and fail,but don't fail to try. with background image:

Try and fail,but don't fail to try.

--John Quincy Adams
quote by John Quincy Adams: Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. with background image:

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

--John Quincy Adams
quote by Joseph Addison: Perseverance will overcome difficulties, which at first appear insuperable; and it is amazing to consider how great and numerous obstacles … with background image:

Perseverance will overcome difficulties, which at first appear insuperable; and it is amazing to consider how great and numerous obstacles may be removed by a continual attention to any particular point.

--Joseph Addison
quote by Joseph B. Wirthlin: Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. with background image:

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.

--Joseph B. Wirthlin

Longer Version:

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.


quote by Joyce Brothers: Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. with background image:

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence.

--Joyce Brothers
quote by Jules Verne: I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success. with background image:

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.

--Jules Verne
quote by Lance Armstrong: My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball. with background image:

My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.

--Lance Armstrong
quote by Laurence Sterne: 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one. with background image:

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

--Laurence Sterne
quote by Lee Iacocca: 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. with background image:

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.

--Lee Iacocca
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