Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. — Victor Hugo
Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. — Oswald Chambers
Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose. — Richard DeVos
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. — Newt Gingrich
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement. — Matt Biondi
Persistence and discipline are key traits for long-term success in any field. — Jim Simons
I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. — Rahul Dravid
Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer. — Percy Cerutty
A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, perseveres... No matter what life throws at them.
Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle! — Sanya Richards-Ross
The real workout starts when you want to stop.
Perseverance Quotes
Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism. — Albert Einstein
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar
Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction. — John of the Cross
Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success. — Haile Selassie
Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top. — Misty Copeland
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Our bodies are capable of anything. It's our mind we have to convince.
Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love. — Swami Vivekananda
In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins. Always be willing to get up and go at it again and again. That's the guy who has his hands raised later in life. That's the guy you guys need to be. — Greg Plitt
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. — Saadi Shirazi
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Persevere Quotes
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. — Will Rogers
Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. — Sri Aurobindo
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.
Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail. — Marva Collins
Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — Confucius
'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world. — Wilma Rudolph
The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything. — Carli Lloyd
I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path. — Mas Oyama
Self Perseverance Quotes
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a vision, a dream.
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
There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey. — Lewis Howes
There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. — William Halsey
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift us, no obstacle is too great to overcome. — Roy Lessin
In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another. — Angela Duckworth
Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth. — Rickson Gracie
Every training session, I work hard to improve my weaknesses and build on my strengths. — Antoine Griezmann
If youre not failing once in a while, it probably means youre not stretching yourself.
The only thing that I’m impressed by anymore is when someone starts something and never looks back. That is the definition of true strength. — Alex Hormozi
So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win. — Og Mandino
It takes strength and courage to eliminate the bad apples from your life, but it is necessary so that you can unleash your potential. — Chatri Sityodtong
My failure gave me strength, my pain was my motivation.
Deep down within the heart there is a stillness which is healing, a trust in the universal laws which is unwavering, and a strength which is rock-like. But because it is so deep we need both patience and perseverance when digging for it. — Paul Brunton
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow. — Thomas Paine
The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . . — Barack Obama
If at first you don't succeed, try hard work. — William Feather
Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better. — Les Paul
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. — Calvin Coolidge
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. — Calvin Coolidge
Average talent, plus hard work and dedication, will always beat talent by itself. — Clinton Anderson
Don’t give up when things get tough, just hang in there, stay focused and be patient. — Folorunsho Alakija
Be diligent to succeed as there is a way where there be no way, only the persistent and diligent finds it. — Folorunsho Alakija
Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got into Real Sociedad when I was 13. — Antoine Griezmann
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. — Herbert Kaufman
Courage And Perseverance Quotes
Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing — Jim Rohn
Suffering through your fears and anxieties is what allows you to build courage and perseverance. — Mark Manson
While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives. — Antonio Guterres
To make money in stocks, you need to have vision to see them, courage to buy them and patience to hold them. Patience is the rarest of the three. — Thomas Phelps
Fearless doesn’t mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless. — Smriti Mandhana
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew. — Saint Francis de Sales
Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. — Marilyn Monroe
There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Joe Strummer
Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you. — Michael Phelps
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Calvin Coolidge
Determination And Perseverance Quotes
Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future. — Robert E. Lee
Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end. — Carl von Clausewitz
I find negativity is infectious and also very depressing. Choose friends who you admire and aspire to be like! Positive, driven and determined. — Martyn Ford
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand — Vince Lombardi
No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance. — Mia Hamm
Change is not an event, but a process. It requires patience, perseverance, and determination. — Alexei Navalny
There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. — Vince Lombardi
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up. — Norman Vincent Peale
Working through physical challenges that would put others on the bench just so you can taste the sweetness of winning one more time — that is what separates the good and great from the unstoppable. — Tim Grover
Adversity And Perseverance Quotes
As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down. — Shawn Johnson
Investing is not about being right all the time; it is about being patient and disciplined. — Gautam Baid
Happy people know suffering more than anyone else, and that’s how they can see just how damn beautiful their lives are. It’s because they’ve seen the depths. — Brianna Wiest
Opportunities were seized, regrets were had, and success was ultimately achieved. — Cliff Lerner
Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. — Benjamin Carson
Don’t be afraid to take risks and embrace failure. That’s where the best opportunities often lie. — Jim Simons
Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn’t matter. I’m a fighter, and I’m ready to fight every time. — Valentina Shevchenko
In tough times, that’s when you see true colours and personality. — Didier Deschamps
Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is. — Lisa Manoban
Never give up, no matter what may set you back, and know that at the end of the road, you’re going to have something that you can be proud of. — Markiplier
Persist And Persevere Quotes
I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. — Og Mandino
Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement. — Albert Camus
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it! — Hector Crawford
If you take exactly the same steps, you will always reach exactly the same outcome regardless of your expectations, frustrations, pressures, or joy. The quality of your actions should not vary, and neither should your persistence in the face of challenges. — Mo Gawdat
You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT! — Tony Burton
Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail. — Saint Augustine
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. — Thomas Carlyle
Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence. — Brian Tracy
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge
Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish. — Louis Zamperini
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow. — Plutarch
For me it was always about enjoying what I was doing and trying to get better, playing more and more sport. — Ellyse Perry
"Genius is divine perseverance." Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have. — Woodrow Wilson
I know what sport has given to me in my life, what opportunities I’ve had and the lessons I’ve learned about myself and about life. — Ellyse Perry
Withstanding hardships is a sort of sport. You can’t control how life plays, but you can control your defensive strategy. — Isaac Mashman
The prize never goes to the fastest guy. It goes to the guy who slows down the least. True in endurance sports. And possibly even truer in life. — Rich Roll
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. — Napoleon Hill
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
It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up. — Vince Lombardi
You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write a lot because it's like a sport - you have to practice. And, also, you have to persevere. Don't give up. I got rejected on my first book, like, 14 times, but I just kept going. So believe in yourself and don't give up. — Rick Riordan
The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing. — Frank Shorter
What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful. — Mark Spitz
To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success! — Sasha Azevedo
Nick Diaz is a champion so he's got the spirit that comes with it. So he's not going to give up mentally. You see a lot of guys give up mentally and that's why they get knocked out or submitted. They give up mentally before they lose. — Georges St-Pierre
To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal. — Dianne Holum
It feels good to show some courage. — Joe Namath
After thorough reflection, I realized that my desire to achieve my goals in this sport outweighed my self-doubt. This perseverance has helped me to be successful not only in gymnastics, but in my non-athletic life as well. — Jonathan Horton
The difference between being a winner and being a loser is how you pick yourself up again, especially when you're down for the third or fourth or twentieth time! — Susan Humphreys
In every sport there comes a moment when a spell of bitter weeping seems like a fair recess from whatever tough work is going on. It's only the steeliest among us who can fight the urge to turn negative-who instead will make contact and redouble her efforts. Call it grace under pressure. Call it grit....call it excellence. — Susan Casey
Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five — Sugar Ray Leonard
Sports remain a great metaphor for life's more difficult lessons. It was through athletics that many of us first came to understand that fear can be tamed; that on a team the whole is more than the sum of its parts; and that the ability to be heroic lies, to a surprising degree, within. — Susan Casey
I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable to the fish at hand. Even the best fishermen catch fish only a small percentage of the time, which means we persevere in a sport that features failure as its main ingredient. Truly great days, when the fish hammer the fly as soon as it lands on the water are rare. — Joseph Monninger
Playing sport has become very important today, since it can encourage young people to develop important values such as loyalty, perseverance, friendship, sharing and solidarity. — Pope John Paul I
I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door. — Magic Johnson
You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We're looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn't happen. — Dave Winfield
Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end. — Debi Thomas
When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it. — Dara Torres
Perseverance is a great element of success. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. — Ross Perot
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