70 Quotes About Perserverance

Persistence is a quality of character that people often lack. We’ve all faced times when it’s hard to stick to a task, especially one that we’re not enjoying. Persisting through those times helps us develop perseverance and strengthen our will, but it can also lead to failure. It’s important to know when you should give up on a project or idea and it’s even more important to know when you should keep moving forward Read more

Most of us need help finding the right balance between the two. These perseverance quotes show that persisting is not always easy, but it is worth the effort.

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Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Never give up. It's like breathing–once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up. Richelle E. Goodrich
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We have such numerous interests in our lives that it is not uncommon, on a single occasion, for the foundations of a happiness that does not yet exist to be laid down alongside the intensification of a grief from which we are still suffering. Marcel Proust
If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it...
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If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way. Suzy Kassem
Hope is something that can never be taken from you...
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Hope is something that can never be taken from you unless you allow someone to take it. If you never lose hope, you will never truly be poor. John M. Simmons
Our inner fire is the spark of hope that drives...
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Our inner fire is the spark of hope that drives us through even the darkest times. Do not be so quick to dismiss it. Dave Roman
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Don't you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come. Jeffrey R. Holland
Stand like a beaten anvil. It is the part of...
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Stand like a beaten anvil. It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail. Ignatius Of Antioch
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And life can have its way with me. It won't break me. Neither you nor me. That determined faith in our own resilience is our only weapon against the cynical, the weak, those who talk of honor but do not practice the word they so loudly and vigorously screech. Alexandra Silber
The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge...
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The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past. Julien Smith
Be around people that make you want to be a...
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Be around people that make you want to be a better person, who make you feel good, make you laugh, and remind you what's important in life. Germany Kent
Never pray to be a better slave when God is...
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Never pray to be a better slave when God is trying to get you out of your situation. Shannon L. Alder
Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg of awesomeness....
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Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg of awesomeness. Things will get better. Keep smiling, don't give up just yet. Perseverance has an amazing gift for you, just wait you see. Janna Cachola
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No one creates a perfect resume on their first try. Unknown
To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not...
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To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way. Brandon Sanderson
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My dear Gorgas, Instead of being simply satisfied to make friends and draw your pay, it is worth doing your duty, to the best of your ability, for duty’s sake; and in doing this, while the indolent sleep, you may accomplish something that will be of real value to humanity. Your good friend, ReedDr. Walter Reed encouraging Dr. William Gorgas who went on to make history eradicating Yellow Fever in Havana, 1902 and Panama, 1906, liberating the entire North American continent from centuries of Yellow Fever epidemics. . William Crawford Gorgas
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If nothing in life challenges us, we will remain unchallenged by life. Alvin Conway
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Patience is the key that unlocks the door to perseverance that unlocks the door to endurance that unlocks the door to the sustaining power of true success. DeWayne Owens
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Even if you are having a nightmare day during which nothing will go right, never cease looking for the ball. In the end everything will come right, for football is a game that rewards those who show courage. Duncan Edwards
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You have to have more than hope to get what you want in life. Shannon L. Alder
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God doesn't hand you an easy life because you will grow in it. He hands you a dream with hurdles, obstacles, setbacks, battles and challenges because he knows the real you is at the finishing line. Shannon L. Alder
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The death of a dream is the day that you stop believing in the work it takes to get there. Chris Burkmenn
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The world's a stage and I'm on it. Better make a good impression out there! Shannon Mayhew
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Im not looking for perfection, just perfect flaws. Kierra C.T. Banks
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Never underestimate the power of kindness. It is very contagious. A person whose heart is saddened by the troubles of this world, the loss of a friend or family member, a hard days work, or the struggle of provision can experience joy through a simple act of kindness. Romans 12: 10-12, Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another, not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continually steadfastly in prayer. . Amaka Imani Nkosazana
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... there is nothing stronger than a woman who has beaten her way back from being beaten down in the first place. Barbara Lieberman
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The person who says it can’t be done is almost always interrupted by the person who is doing it. Shannon L. Alder
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Screwing up is hardly a major mistake. Sometimes your wrong choices bring you to the right places. Shannon L. Alder
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Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the sweet reward is that as you make new friends and encourage others, the foolish have ignored the fact that you have already shown them your teeth. Johnnie Dent Jr.
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Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the sweet reward is that as you make new friends and encourage others, the foolish will learn the error of their ways because you did at least show them your teeth. Johnnie Dent Jr.
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Is anything truly impossible? Or is it that the path to our goals appears too unclear to follow? It seems to me that if you seek hard enough, pray hard enough, you usually stumble across a scattering of breadcrumbs that marks the trail leading to the goal you once considered beyond your reach. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Failure is not actually an event, it is more a reaction to an event and is an important part of learning. Unarine Ramaru
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The keys to health and weight-loss: stress reduction, sleep, deep breathing, clean water, complete nutrition, sunshine, walking, stretching, meditation, love, community, laughter, dreams, perseverance, purpose, humility, action. Bryant McGill
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The world went on. People left and people died and people went to memorial services and put orange blocks of cheese into their purses. People confessed to you that they were hungry all the time. And then you got up in the morning and pretended that none of it had happened. Kate Dicamillo
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He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out those reserves again, how the will to live would spring up again in a real emergency. He remembered how countless neurotic patients had disappeared for ever from his consulting rooms when the last war had broken out. The big worry had driven out the smaller ones, the greater fear the lesser. He made up his mind. He turned back to M. "Give him one more chance. . Ian Fleming
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If you got a dream, you are good to go. The only extra luggage you will need is self-belief and perseverance. Unarine Ramaru
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I don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned to believe in the Law of Tough Love. Life has thrown a dozen tragedies at me. I did what any Christian would do--prayed for the outcome I wanted, but God was tough and only gave me what I needed. I now realize that life is not about fulfilling a wish list; rather a need list. Good and bad experiences are on the horizon. How else does a person change, grow and evolve? And just like any warrior woman, I won’t simply survive-- but thrive! . Shannon L. Alder
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Remember this–the journey is part of the dream.  Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Goals are my north star.  My compass.  The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel.  Goals are motivations with wind in their sails–they carry me forward despite the storms. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Don’t do it! Don’t you dare think about giving up! EVERYTHING has a process. Work with the process, not against it. Move forward with purpose and never stop believing. You can do this! You know you can. Stephanie Lahart
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There IS a better future for you! Get rid of that negative and defeated attitude. Stop tearing yourself down and learn to build yourself up. Speak positively about yourself. If you’re not satisfied with who you are and where you’re at in your life, have the courage to make a change and be a person that you can be proud of. Change can be scary, but change for the better is very rewarding in the end. You can do it! Do it for YOU. Stephanie Lahart
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No one escapes suffering. Everyone goes through tough times. Suffering is a part of our human condition and cannot be avoided. Setbacks, failures, pain, suffering, and hardships are all a part of life, but whether we are able to find peace within the storm depends on our resilience and perseverance. Whenever one of our children tells us that they don’t want to fail at something, we remind them that there will be times in their life when they will fail, but it’s how they come through it that matters. If we choose to focus on the negative, the failure itself, the darkness will oppress and consume us. Eventually it will destroy a person. We need to embrace the fact that we’re human and our lives will be filled with suffering and hardship, but we have the ultimate hope and victory in Our Lord. Karen Santorum
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I've written about 2, 000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview( Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing! ) . Ray Bradbury
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Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure. Habeeb Akande
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As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living. Jennifer Niven
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Because often it is the reader of adventures who saves the world. Because no matter how bad things look, or how rough things get, the reader keeps turning the pages... A reader never walks away from her own story. R.K. Ryals
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Do you know why people like me are shy about being capitalists? Well, its because we, for as long as we have known you, were capital, like bales of cotton and sacks of sugar, and you were commanding, cruel capitalists, and the memory of this so strong, the experience so recent, that we can't quite bring ourselves to embrace this idea that you think so much of. As for hat we were like before we met you, I no longer care. No periods of time over which my ancestors held sway, no documentation of complex civilisations, is any comfort to me. Even if I really came from people who were living like monkeys in trees, it was better to be that than what happened to me, what I became after I met you. . Jamaica Kincaid
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If you plan to build walls around me, know this– I will walk through them. Richelle E. Goodrich
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There are three choices in this life: be good, get good, or give up. David Shore
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The true sign of a robust and mature life rests in how many times that life has been knocked down, for to be incessantly knocked down and yet find oneself still standing means that someone had the resolve to get up that many times plus one. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up. Tom Clancy
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I don't stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done James Bond
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Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated.   It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation–a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create.  . Richelle E. Goodrich
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No one creates a perfect resume on their first try. Writing a perfect resume is a messy process, but the easiest way to start is by simply getting in the right mindset and putting pen to paper. Unknown
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Never shame your comrades by letting their death get you killed Rachel Bach
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The idea of a vision is revolutionary and ground breaking but achieving it may be back breaking. Johnnie Dent Jr.
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...no one has ever doubted you would die for those you love. .. the question then becomes would you live? Elizabeth Isaacs
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Perhaps it wasn't age but what you were capable of, the lengths to which you were willing to go to get what you wanted, that mattered most. Anna Jarzab
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At the end of the day let their be no regrets, only a desire to do more tomorrow than you did today. Noel DeJesus
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Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself. Kazuo Ishiguro
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No, ” Joan vowed. She grabbed Bash’s shirt. “I don’t want this. Didn’t want this to happen.” Screams resonated. Bash continued quietly, “None of us do. That’s not up to us. We have to decide what we’re going to do with what we’re given. Play the cards dealt to us. Cate Campbell Beatty
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A friendship has no guidelines. Unarine Ramaru
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In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality. Kristian Kan
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And human will is the strongest force ever created. There are those born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former fall into it, and the latter pursue it all costs. They won't be denied. Nothing daunts them. Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Inspiration does not linger in one place over time, therefore human effort shouldn't be scaled on earlier attempt. Unarine Ramaru
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More often than not, at the end of the day (or a month, or a year), you realize that your initial idea was wrong, and you have to try something else. These are the moments of frustration and despair. You feel that you have wasted an enormous amount of time, with nothing to show for it. This is hard to stomach. But you can never give up. You go back to the drawing board, you analyze more data, you learn from your previous mistakes, you try to come up with a better idea. And every once in a while, suddenly, your idea starts to work. It's as if you had spent a fruitless day surfing, when you finally catch a wave: you try to hold on to it and ride it for as long as possible. At moments like this, you have to free your imagination and let the wave take you as far as it can. Even if the idea sounds totally crazy at first. . Edward Frenkel
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He who limps is still walking. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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I could just like down, right here, and let the sand cover me like a blanket. But my legs, clumsy as they've become, keep stumbling forward on their own. I'm not frightened and I'm not sorry. Not even a little bit. Nikko and I shared this fate, six years apart. We both walked into the desert, and we will both have died out here, under the wide open sky. At this moment, I feel closer to him than I have in years. Maybe that's what Endd meant when she said that none of us are ever truly alone. Joaquin Lowe