Success doesn’t happen easily within one day. We all have to face a great deal of disappointments while trying to achieve our goals. Some people quit because it seemed like the only way to end that painful feeling of discouragement. Although quitting may sound like the quickest option, success only becomes satisfying once you survive all the hardships that come your way. To persevere during tough circumstances may be extremely difficult especially if we’re used to being comfortable. But no matter what we do, there is no other way around disappointments – it happens. The only way to fight adversities is through perseverance.
When we persevere, we fight until we finally reach completion. It means not giving up even if things get out of hand. Perseverance builds character because it becomes a test to see how far we can go. It gives us strength and allows us to demonstrate our hidden capabilities. Once we achieve our goals, the sense of accomplishment is indescribable. You will notice how simple tasks don’t really give satisfaction, but a difficult task that requires perseverance, once achieved, it is where you will feel a great sense of pride.
Are you going through a lot of difficulties right now whether in relationships, business, or spiritual and mental hardships? These perseverance quotes we prepared for you might be what you need. We hope that regardless what life throws your way, you find the strength to persevere and trust that rainbows always come out after the rain.
Perseverance Quotes
1. 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. – Charles Jones
2. Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength. – Theodore Roosevelt
3. My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results but it is the effort that’s heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight. – George R.R. Martin
4. What’s the bravest thing you ever did? He spat in the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said. – Cormac McCarthy
5. 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
6. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher
7. It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up. – C.J. Redwine
8. Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory. – Jocko Willink
9. Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless. – Scott Hamilton
10. I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it. – Anne Sullivan
11. I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. – Sonia Sotomayor
12. Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot
13. Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. – Orison Swett Marden
14. When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it’s just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen. – Bethany Hamilton
15. From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance. – Luke Bryan
16. Perseverance, the secret of all triumphs. – Victor Hugo
17. Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. – Vince Lombardi
18. 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. – Kalpana Chawla
19. 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
20. No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. – Ramana Maharshi
21. Schools reward their students for a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and hard work – in the classroom and on the playing fields. But these metrics don’t help kids understand that great grades are not a pass for a great life. – Steve Blank
22. By perseverance, the snail reached the ark. – Charles Spurgeon
23. I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. – John D. Rockefeller
24. 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
25. 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 realize the great life. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
26. Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich
27. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. – Walter Elliot
28. Everything that I’ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance. – Scott Hamilton
29. If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston S. Churchill
30. Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. – A.A. Milne
31. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
32. The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. – Randy Pausch
33. 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
34. Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. – Marie Curie
35. Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. – John Quincy Adams
36. Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. – Samuel Johnson
37. Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. – Julie Andrews
38. Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. – Ben Carson
39. Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. – Vince Lombardi
40. 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
41. Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight. – Khaled Hosseini
42. The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance. – Sun Yat-sen
43. Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest. It’s the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality. – Travis Bradberry
44. If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
45. I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for. – Diana Lopez
46. We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre. – Andy Biersack
47. Personally, I’ve learned about perseverance: when you hear the word ‘No,’ and when you hear rejection, that it’s not always final. And that timing is everything, and you have to stay the course and just keep working hard and know that, when your time comes, that it will be sweet and that it will be the perfect time. – Angela Robinson
48. Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears. – Gillian Anderson
49. 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. – Homer Hickam
50. Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. – Benjamin Disraeli
51. As a leader, these attributes – confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense – are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone. – Heather Bresch
52. Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn’t measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student. – Randi Weingarten
53. You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance. – Lou Holtz
54. Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness. – Ricky Martin
55. But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance. – William Julius Wilson
56. In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm in the real world all rests on perseverance. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
57. I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance. – Julia Cameron
58. A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance. – Gary Hamel
59. My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I’m not an Olympic champion, but I can teach the world about that. – Jeremy Abbott
60. Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
61. 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
62. What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire – the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery. – Ellen Ochoa
63. The entrepreneurial life is one of a challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction. – David S. Rose
64. Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions. – Lao Tzu
65. I think you make the best with what you’ve got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you’re going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures. – Pierce Brosnan
66. Indomitable perseverance in a business, properly understood, always ensures ultimate success. – Cyrus McCormick
67. We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership. – Wendy Kopp
68. I look at my grandparents and what they dealt with in the Japanese internment in Arizona. That sense of perseverance, of making the best out of an incredibly bad situation, has always been something I drew inspiration from. I always ask myself, ‘What in the world do I have to complain about?’ – Scott Fujita
69. 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
70. The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you’re on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I’m in the woods or on the water as well. – Jon Lester
71. Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. – William Cobbett
72. I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She’s instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for. – Scott Brooks
73. The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice. – Marquis de Lafayette
74. Whether you’re shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance. – David Blaine
75. The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations. – John Muir
76. Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated. – Bob Riley
77. You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people don’t see? We can actually redeem a fair amount of that folk wisdom. – Eric Ries
78. A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. – Robert Benchley
79. Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. – Ambrose Bierce
80. Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nature develop the highest type of man? Without this infinite longing, whence would come the discipline which industry, perseverance, tact, sagacity, and frugality give? – Orison Swett Marden
81. Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. – William Godwin
82. The grim reality is that most startups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and hard work persists. – Eric Ries
83. What we reliably find is that people’s perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult. – Angela Duckworth
84. We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished. – Eamon de Valera
85. I have always been one to encourage perseverance. – Christina Aguilera
86. Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work. – James Heckman
87. I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I’ve been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn’t walked a day in my shoes. – Wendy Davis
88. I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It’s a voice of pain and victory. – Anthony Hamilton
89. In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. – Mao Zedong
90. There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself. – Lemony Snicket,
91. Never, never, never give in. – Winston S. Churchill
92. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Confucius
93. Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. – Seneca
94. All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett
95. It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required. – Winston S. Churchill
96. Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
97. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison
98. Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow. – Mary Anne Radmacher
99. I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. – Abraham Lincoln
100. Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. – Marilyn Monroe
101. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon
102. Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
103. Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. – Harper Lee
104. Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. – Winston S. Churchill
105. Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. – Martin Luther
106. 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. – Tom Hiddleston
107. Live the Life of Your Dreams/ When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve. – Roy T. Bennett
108. Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston S. Churchill
109. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. – Calvin Coolidge
110. Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob A. Riis
111. It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein
112. 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
113. Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failures along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. – Barack Obama
114. When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide will turn. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
115. 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.
116. I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. – John D. Rockefeller
117. 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.
118. When things go wrong, don’t go with them. – Elvis Presley
119. Dripping water hollows out the stone, not through force but through persistence. – Ovid
120. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. – Babe Ruth
121. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. – Abraham Lincoln
122. The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas A. Edison
123. Hardships make or break people. – Margaret Mitchell
