47 Quotes About Perseverance

Living with passion can give you the right amount of perseverance you need to succeed. These quotes about perseverance will encourage you to never give up.

“A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”

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

“A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.”

“Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.”

“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.”

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”

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

“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”

“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.”

“I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.”

“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.”

“I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It’s a voice of pain and victory.”

“If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.”

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

“In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”

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

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

“Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

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

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

“The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

Perseverance will give you the power you need to never give up.