Perseverance Quotes

"If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."

- Dolly Parton

"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

"Don’t give up, the beginning is always the hardest."

- Kemmy Nola

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven't."

- Thomas Edison

"One day at a time, one step at a time. Do what you can; do your best. Let God handle the rest."

- Safe Haven Cancer Support Society

"Cancer is a marathon – you can’t look at the finish line. You take it moment by moment, sometimes breath by breath, other times step by step."

- Sarah Betz Bucciero

"Don’t give up. Every day is worth it."

- Hashmat Effendi

"My husband would always tell his mom, 'Just keep punching,' and 'Whenever the opponent hits you, get up and hit back harder.' It gave her such a focus, and every time cancer knocked her down, she'd do her best to bounce back up and punch back. She repeated it so often that it was her mantra."

- Rachel's husband

"Run when you can. Walk if you have to. Crawl if you must. But never give up."

- Dean Karnazes

"Folks who were willing to endure bullying and taunts, and stayed strong, and came to believe in themselves and who they were, and slowly made an entire country realize that love is love."

- Barack Obama

"Progress is unimaginably difficult, dangerous, always at risk, always made by people with only partial vision."

- Larry Kramer

"Love is a battlefield, but it’s a battle worth fighting."

- Janelle Monáe

"This is for the ones who never gave up. The ones who carried dreams of love bigger than anyone thought possible and who made it possible. The ones who showed up so we could show out, today and every day."

- Mercedes Lucero

"Food is something I am going to have to face at least three times a day for the rest of my life. And I am not perfect. But one really bad day does not mean that I am hopeless and back at square one with my eating disorder. Olympic ice skaters fall in their quest for the gold. Heisman Trophy winners throw interceptions. Professional singers forget the words. And people with eating disorders sometimes slip back into an old pattern. But all of these individuals just pick themselves back up and do the next right thing. The ice skater makes the next jump. The football player throws the next pass. The singer finishes the song. And I am going to eat breakfast."

- Jenni Schaefer

"When we forget the effort and the work that it took us to get a period of freedom in our lives, a lack of gratitude sinks in, and self-destruction begins again. Unless action is taken immediately, we run the risk of a relapse that threatens our very existence. Keeping our illusion of reality, rather than using the tools of the program, will return us to isolation. Loneliness will kill us inside and the drugs that almost always come next may do the job completely. The symptoms and the feelings that we experienced at the end of our using will come back even stronger than before. This impact is sure to destroy us if we don’t surrender ourselves to the NA Program."

- Narcotics Anonymous

"Recovery isn’t easy, at first. It takes time. It takes more work, sometimes, than you think you’re willing to do. But it is worth every hard day, every tear, every terrified moment."

- Marya Hornbacher

"The moments where recovery feels the most painful are often the ones you are making the most progress, because it indicates you are actively challenging your demons. Keep on pushing forwards even when the eating disorder voice screams at you. Things tend to scream when dying."

- Amalie Lee

"Never give up. Don’t cave."

- Jim “The Rookie” Morris

"When life places stones in your path, be the water. A persistent drop of water will wear away even the hardest stone."

- Autumn Morning Star

"Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does."

- Margaret Atwood

"Never give up. Never give in."

"One day at a time! I can only do this by getting through each day the best I can, then through the night, and when tomorrow comes, I start over!"

"It's not about how many times you fall down, it's about how many times you get back up."

"Moving forward can be slow and hard, but speed isn’t what matters. Progress is progress."

"Small, baby steps each day add up to huge, giant leaps over time. So, please keep going. Do NOT give up."

"Never, ever, ever, ever, ever give up on yourself. As long as you keep on fighting, then you can beat your depression."

"Recovery is a process. It takes time. It takes patience. It takes hard work. It takes everything you’ve got. But it IS possible."

"You’re allowed to scream. You’re allowed to cry. You’re allowed to fall apart. But you are not allowed to give up."

"Sometimes you have to fight through your worst days in order to earn the best days of your life."

"It’s gonna get harder before it gets easier. But it will get better, you just gotta make it through the hard stuff first."

- Anonymous