Perseverance Quotes

"Our patience will achieve more than our force."

- Edmund Burke

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience."

- Leo Tolstoy

""Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.""

- E.M. Bounds

"Our profession creates illusions. It is not a matter of having a perfect body, but of dancing in such a way as to look perfect."

- Wilheim Burmann

"If anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away."

- Maria Tallchief

"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you don’t stop."

- Confucius

"Endurance is patience concentrated."

- Thomas Carlyle

"Never give up. Don’t let good ideas be buried with you. Breathe it. Dream it. Live it and relentlessly pursue your ideas and ideals. Without them you cannot achieve anything meaningful in life."

- Li Cunxin

"By perseverance, the snail reached the ark."

- Charles Spurgeon

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

- Thomas Edison

"A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one."

- Chuck Norris

"Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward."

- Nipsey Hussle

"Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn’t matter. It’s entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose...but it’s all about entering the race."

- Pam Grier

"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

- General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur

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

- Julie Andrews

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

- Confucius

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

- Newt Gingrich

"“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”"

- Napoleon Hill

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

- Benjamin Disraeli

"“A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but its persistence.”"

- Jim Watkins

"Never give up on something you can’t live a day without thinking about"

"Instead of looking at the hundred reasons to quit, look at the thousand reasons not to give up."

"It’s not the turning that’s hard in pirouettes. It’s that you’ve got to keep on doing it."

"Greatness takes persistence. Stay patient and press forward passionately this Tuesday!"

"Happy Tuesday! Let this day be a reflection of your unwavering perseverance and strength."

"With wisdom and patience, I work steadily through all tasks and interactions today. I breathe through challenges, retaining equanimity and faith in my abilities. Progress continues through sustained effort."

"Take one day at a time — sometimes an hour at a time."

"Fighting for your dreams isn’t always easy but it’s so worth it."

"Adoption was a bumpy ride- very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight."

"Patience is choosing to control your emotions rather than letting your emotions control you."