Perseverance Quotes

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.

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 03, 2014

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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

Moving On, Spiritual, Strong Women

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

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

Confucius

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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, at whatever cost, must be attained.

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse, November 30, 1936.

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Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.

Albert Camus

Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Victor Hugo

Life, Encouraging, Determination

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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

Inspirational, Moving On, Spiritual

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

Confucius

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Ramana Maharshi

Effort, Succeed, Stewardship

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

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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.

Hank Aaron

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher

Motivational, Graduation, Morning

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It always seems impossible until its done.

Nelson Mandela

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Bill Bradley

Positive, Encouragement, Ambition

"Toni’s Take on Real Estate: The Three ‘P’s You Need" by Toni Haber, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 30, 2012.

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

T. S. Eliot

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspiring, Happiness, Success

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Ann Landers

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Funny, Success

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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All great achievements require time.

Maya Angelou

Success, Encouraging, Patience

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 27, 2011

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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Abigail Adams

4th Of July, May, Difficulty

Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.113, UPNE

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