Quotes About Perseverance to Help You Hang in There
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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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist -- these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.
No great thing is created suddenly.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
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By perseverance the snail reached the ark. A mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.
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.
Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving.
Ability to persevere begins with you, the individual. However, change is rarely easy. In fact, sometimes it is downright formidable.
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.

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.
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.
You learn how to persevere... to have discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit.
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.
The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.
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.
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.
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!
Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life.
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.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
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.
Whoever says you can't develop mental toughness or anything else doesn't truly understand the human mind or the human spirit.
Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail; Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail.

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.
Motivation is what gets you started, but persistence is the only thing that guarantees your success.
The toughness of any journey means absolutely nothing to a mind that travels with the spirit of perseverance.
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.
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.
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.
It ain't nothing you can't have if you willing to persevere! Willing to stick in there! Willing to fight!
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.
First, I thought, almost despairing,
This must crush my spirit now;
Yet I bore it, and am bearing-
Only do not ask me how.

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.
Don't give up; try again. Be still and work it out till your good becomes the best! Dream high above the sky!
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.
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!
Be consistent with what you believe and do. Persist and insist that you will do it till it's done and done well.
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!
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!
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.
Successful people are defined as ordinary people who never gave up on their dreams and passion is the secret of that persistence!
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?
If you're going to give up after few attempts, bear it in mind that your struggles are going to be wasted.
Get this; without a continuous struggle, your previous struggles will become a waste. Stay on and hold on until the success become evident.
You got to insist on your success, resist every obstacle and persist in times of difficulty and you will get there.
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!
When you complain, you explain pain for no gain. Endure and balance yourself through the pain, be hopeful and persist to the end.
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!
Whatever you begin will see the light of day provided you can dream big and be a ruler over your dreams with persistent actions.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!

Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up. They 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.
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.
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.
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.
The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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.
Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.
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Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.
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.
Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day.
Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.

But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition.
The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two -- common sense and perseverance.
Trying again is okay. Trying again and again and again is okay. It's sort of an infinite thing because the alternative is failure, and that's not okay.

The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.
You don't control the outcome. You control the quality of effort you put in. That's what you should hold yourself accountable for.
Amateurs give up at the first sign of trouble and assume they're failures. Professionals see failure as part of the path to growth and mastery.
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
Somebody out there thinks you're an idiot. Somebody out there thinks you're brilliant. Ignore them both and carry on.
Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can't kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up some times, but, bitch, nobody kills the motherfucking Rooster. You know what I'm saying?
First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.
You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.
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Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which return to the hive and there shut themselves up to work at the making of honey. At the first call of the will, they come back more and more quickly. At last, after countless exercises, of this kind, God disposes them to a state of utter rest and of perfect contemplation.
The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life.

Remember, it isn't the dreamers who have good lives -- it's the doers. Remember also what I call the three Ps of success: passion, planning, and perseverance.
Individuals who have learned to endure and persevere through the storms of hardships are those who can dance in the rain during a storm.
The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.
You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.
A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. 'By getting up every time I fell down,' he answered.
The best advice I ever got -- and it's the best advice I'd give anybody -- is just don't believe the word 'no.' Be persistent. Persevere. Keep going. Never, ever, ever give up.
Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.
