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Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur

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

- Walter Elliot

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

- Thomas Edison

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

- Abraham Lincoln

Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.

- Unknown

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

- Vince Lombardi Jr.

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.

- Charles F. Kettering

Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish line, first!

- T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with “The Divine Presence”

Though you may hear me holler, and you may see me cry– I’ll be dogged, sweet baby, if you gonna see me die.

- Langston Hughes

Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.

- Drew Barrymore

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

- John Quincy Adams

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

The difference between the difficult and the impossible is that the impossible takes a little longer time.

- Lady Aberdeen

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

- A.A. Milne, “Winnie-the-Pooh”

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

- Henry Ward Beecher

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

- Albert Einstein

Have the courage to start, the perseverance to continue, and the kindness to make it all beautiful.

- Maxime Lagacé

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance.

- H. Jackson Brown

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

- Douglas MacArthur

How long should you try? UNTIL!

- Jim Rohn

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

- Louisa May Alcott

Sometimes you must cross a bridge, and other times you need to burn it. But, always keep building one and never lose your faith in life.

- Dodinsky

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

- Nelson Mandela

Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.

- Leigh Mitchell Hodges

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

- Helen Keller

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

- Margaret Thatcher

Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

- Benjamin Disraeli

As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.

- Steve Maraboli

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

- Henry Ford

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.

- B.C. Forbes

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

- Thomas Carlyle

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

- Pele

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.

- Maya Angelou

Perseverance is the secret of all triumphs.

- Victor Hugo

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

- Julie Andrews

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

- Samuel Johnson

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

- Confucius, Confucius: The Analects

Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.

- Marilyn Monroe

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.

- John Wooden

Don’t give up in times of difficulty. Persevere on as there will be an end to these.

- Edward Dunedin

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength

- Oprah

To persevere in one’s duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny.

- George Washington

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

- Swami Vivekananda

Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.

- Winston Churchill

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.

- Tommy Lasorda

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

- Benjamin Franklin

Once adversity reveals your strength, and you know what you can endure, you become an irrepressible force of nature.

- Abigail Damoah

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

- Newt Gingrich

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

- George E. Allen

In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.

- General George S Patton, Jr.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

- James A. Michener

By perseverance, the snail reached the ark.

- Charles Spurgeon

It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.

- Tony Robbins

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

- Dale Carnegie

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.

- Theodore Roosevelt

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

- Criss Jami

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

Giving up is the only sure way to fail.

- Gena Showalter

Keep trying until you have no more chances left.

- Aimee Carter

He who can have patience can have what he will.

- Benjamin Franklin

There always comes a time in life where you can either give up or step up.

- Graeme Rodaughan

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

- Woodrow Wilson

You can’t stop dreaming just because the night never seems to end.

- Curtis Tyrone Jones

You can use the stumbling blocks to build your success.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve.

- Evan Winter

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

- Thomas Fowell Buxton

The hugest pile of challenges and hardships will not hold back a needle of the clock.

- Roy A. Ngansop

They couldn’t catch you if you didn’t stop running.

- Dennis Lehane

We all fall sometimes, but it’s those that get back up and try again that make the difference.

- Gary Revel

Perseverance is the mother who snuggles her children when they are impatient. Keep calm; everything will be solved. Keep persisting; go ahead.

- Alan Maiccon

Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.

- Liza Wiemer

It can take a lifetime to build something worthwhile. Those who stick with it build a legacy without regrets.

- Trevor Carss

A difficult life spent in hard work, perseverance, and courage will pave the way for a life of true greatness!

- Avijeet Das

If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived.

- Jeffrey R. Holland

Don’t be ashamed by your mistakes. They only prove that you try hard and never give up.

- Riley Czarkowski

What’s done is done. What’s gone is gone. One of life’s lessons is always moving on. It’s okay to look back to see how far you’ve come, but keep moving forward.

- Roy T. Bennett

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

- Bob Riley

Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.

- Roy T. Bennett

When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.

- Roy T. Bennett

If you can’t fly then run; if you can’t run then walk; if you can’t walk then crawl;; but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

- Martin Luther King Jr

If you really want to eat, keep climbing. The fruits are on the top of the tree. Stretch your hands and keep stretching them. Success is on the top; keep going.

- Israelmore Ayivor

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

- George Whitefield

A bad day doesn’t cancel out a good life. Keep going.

- Richie Norton

Everything that I’ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

- Scott Hamilton

Today, if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up, and get ready to rise up.

- Germany Kent

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

- Christian D Larson

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

- Confucius

Life is like riding a bicycle; to keep your balance, you must keep moving.

- Albert Einstein

We will either find a way or make one.

- Hannibal

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

- Thomas A. Edison

Perseverance is an enduring spirit of patience.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

- Gillian Anderson

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

- Christopher Morley

Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance, and always trust your gut extinct.

- Paula Abdul

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

- Billie Jean King

Let me tell you something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break.

- Barack Obama

Dream after dream comes true—or rather is made true by persevering effort.

- L.M. Montgomery

A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.

- David McGee

Every obstacle is a hill, every hill is a training, every training makes you stronger.

- Maxime Lagacé

Do you want to die, or do you want to die trying? Give up or give it a shot.

- Nick Trout

Every storm runs out of rain.

- Maya Angelou

To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

- Nathaniel Branden

Be persevering at the bottom, humble at the top.

- Maxime Lagacé

Patience and perseverance are the two most important rules that you must always keep in mind.

- Dr. Prem Jagyasi

The patience of perseverance is enduring to the end.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Perseverance is the prize you have to pay for success.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Success doesn’t happen overnight. Keep an eye on the prize and don’t look back.

- Erin Andrews

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

- Muhammad Ali

The giant tree you see today was once a small seed that held its ground.

- Amit Kalantri

Your most valuable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

- Brian Tracy

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

- Gail Tsukiyama

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

- Elbert Hubbard

If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

- Harvey MacKay

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

- Josh Billings

We worked from early morning until dark in sun, grey weather or in rain.

- Lawren Harris

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

- Helen Keller

Persistent perseverance is the only patience there is.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

- William Feather

We shall persevere because we must.

- C.A.A. Savastano

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

- Winston Churchill

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

- Michael Jordan

Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up.

- Sadie Robertson Huff

Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.

- Carrie Underwood

I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.

- Tom Brady

It’s not wanting to win that makes you a winner; it’s refusing to fail.

- Peyton Manning

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter, and performer.

- Luke Bryan

I’ve had a lot of success, I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.

- Gordon Ramsay

There’s always stuff to work on. You’re never there.

- Tiger Woods

Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we must choose to resist negative thoughts and be determined to rise above our problems.

- Joyce Meyer

Moral of the story, don’t ever let anyone stop you from chasing your dreams.

- Luke Combs

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

- H.G. Wells

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

- Christian Nestell Bovee

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

- Babe Ruth

If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.

- Marcus Aurelius

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.

- John C. Maxwell

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

- Elvis Presley

Never, never, never give up.

- Winston Churchill

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

You can’t lose if you don’t quit.

- Stephen C. Storey

Perseverance is another word for faith.

- Earl Nightingale

We must decide that we’re not going to quit. When we’re bombarded with doubts and fears, we must take a stand and say: “I’ll never give up! God’s on my side. He loves me, and He’s helping me! I’m going to make it!”

- Joyce Meyer

Persistence and determination are always rewarded.

- Christine Rice

Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance.

- Swami Vivekananda

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

- Elbert Hubbard

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

- Robert Collier

The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance.

- John Di Lemme

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

- Marabel Morgan

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

- Woody Hayes

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

- Napoleon Hill

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

- Marie Curie

It’s perseverance that’s the key. It’s persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

- Lynn Davies

I’ll admit that it’s not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

- Nicholas Sparks

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

- Laozi

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price, and it is yours.

- Orison Swett Marden

The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.

- Owen Feltham

Fight hard, fight fair and persevere.

- Edith Nourse Rogers

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

- Zig Ziglar

Through hard work, perseverance, and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

- Benjamin Carson

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation, and encourages perseverance.

- Gary Hamel

Every time you fail and get back up. You practice perseverance, which is the key to life. Your strength comes in your ability to recover.

- Michelle Obama

Perseverance is the one rule that will lead to the hilltops of life.

- Helena T. Doocey

Patient effort, perseverance, and hard work each day properly directed will surely bring success.

- Malcolm D. Lambourne

Perseverance is the quality that enables weak men to become the equals of strong men. What the strong man can do at once, the weak man can do by accomplishing a little at a time.

- M. A. Dunn

Success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance.

- E. C. Dowden

Perseverance is trying and trying, And trying again each day.

- F. M. O’Rouke

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

- Eric Thomas

Perseverance conquers all things; it is the key to success. Keeping on is good, but keeping on keeping on to the end wins the day, every time.

- S. E. Adkins

Perseverance is the guide-post to success and achievement and the road to pleasure and happiness.

- Charles Francis Glass

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

- Christopher Reeve

Patience and perseverance are necessary in autosuggestion, as well as in everything else.

- Emile Coue

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

- Joseph Addison

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

- Ted Engstrom

To persevere, trusting in what hopes one has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

- Euripides

Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence more than talents and accomplishments.

- Henry Whipple

Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls.

- E.L. Magoon

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

- Plutarch

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perseverance is the most underrated 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.

- Sydney Harris

Austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the least of us and rarely fails of its purpose for its silent power grows irreversibly greater with time.

- Goethe

Perseverance isn’t just the willingness to work hard. It’s that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

- Merlin Olsen

Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.

- Brian Tracy

Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.

- Brian Tracy

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

- Marva Collins

The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

- Henry David Thoreau

God grants victory to perseverance.

- Simon Bolivar

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

- George Washington

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you a great journey.

- Kalpana Chawla

When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility, I needed patience, commitment, and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.

- Bianca Jagger

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

- Samuel Smiles

Whether you want to be the top violinist or a CEO, strangely enough, hard work and perseverance can overcome a lot of things.

- J Clifford Hudson

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

- Alice Hegan Rice

It’s all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

- Cory Monteith

It’s all about perseverance. I just had this attitude … where failure was just not an option.

- Brian Binnie

Success comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat.

- Kim Hyun-Joong

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

- James E. Faust

Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.

- James E. Faust

I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.

- Saint Patrick

Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.

- Haile Selassie

One training session won’t change anything, but ten will. Perseverance and straight-up training.

- Mauricio Rua

Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.

- Saint Francis de Sales

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

- Francis of Assisi

I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.

- Vincent Van Gogh

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

- Oscar Micheaux

Perceptions of impossibility are commonly dispelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance.

- Wes Fesler

Three rules of success in fashion: perseverance, dream a bit, and be passionate about it.

- Grace Coddington

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit…but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

Finding love requires perseverance.

- Marshall Sylver

Even if you don’t see the results of your planting, just keep planting your love, your patience, your perseverance, your faith.

- Bo Sanchez

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance… and courage.

- Indira Gandhi

Perseverance is impossible if we don’t permit ourselves to hope.

- Dean Koontz

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances—it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

- Elizabeth George

Change is not always easy, but with patience and perseverance, we can find the good in change.

- Kim Yannayon

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

- Israelmore Ayivor

Perseverance is the enemy of doubt.

- Charles F. Glassman

The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character.

- St. John Climacus

It’s only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply who achieve the Master Work.

- Paulo Coelho

Dreams become reality through faith and perseverance.

- K.D. Hanes

You are beautiful, brilliant, perceptive, and pure beyond compare. Your folly lies in being unaware of your inner power and living a mediocre existence.

- Pooja Ruprell

Be strong and take action to achieve your dream.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

With persistent focus, commitment, and enthusiasm, your dream will be reality.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

It does not matter how long it takes to reach the goal. With persistent focus, commitment, and enthusiasm, you will make it a reality.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

You can achieve the set goals with passion, persistent with perseverance.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

With patience and perseverance, the mountain is conquered.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Passion, patience, perseverance and persistent are four keys to great achievements.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

We will never surrender but go forward to win the game.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

With courage, confidence, and commitment, the dream is possible.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

With determined spirit, you can overpower any difficulty.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Be passionately devoted to your dreams.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Struggle begets strength.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Success is measured simply by the amount of effort we put forth, in conquering our objectives.

- Robert M. Hensel

I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I’m not out there training, someone else is.

- Lynn Jennings

Average talent, plus hard work and dedication, will always beat talent by itself.

- Clinton Anderson

Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

- William James

If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.

- Howard Schultz

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

- Bertrand Russell

As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent – that it does not have to be recognized by others.

- Robert Breault

The life of man is made up of action and endurance; the life is fruitful in the ratio in which it is laid out in noble action or in patient perseverance.

- Henry Parry Liddon

God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.

- C. S. Lewis

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

- Swami Vivekananda

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