Perseverance Quotes

"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

"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."

- Babe Ruth

""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

"Most people give up right before the big break comes — don’t let that person be you."

- Michael Boyle

"Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going!"

- Jillian Michaels

"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one."

- Dmitri Shostakovich

"Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure."

- Aisha Tyler

"Persistence is the most powerful force on earth, it can move mountains."

- Albert Einstein

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you…never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."

- James 1:3

"When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that's just the place and time that the tide'll turn."

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"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

"We all have a list of things that we failed at. This list is not kept in our mind to remind us of the failure, but it's there so we remember that we cannot let that be the thing we are known for. We must try again - this time, we will not fail."

- C Miller

"Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."

- Dean Karnazes

"Pressure can make a diamond. Pressure makes me play better because I don't want to let my teammates or my fans down, and that makes me play extra hard."

- Robert Horry

"There will always be hurdles in life, but if you want to achieve a goal, you must continue."

- Malala Yousafzai

"The only way round is through."

- Robert Frost

"Things may seem gloomy ahead and you may feel like giving up, but if you don’t keep going, then you will never know what is just around the corner."

"Maybe not today, tomorrow, or even in a year, but if you keep fighting and never give up, then things will eventually turn around, and you’ll be able to look back with relief and shout, ‘Yes! I made it!’"

"If you’re thinking about giving up today, just live until tomorrow. And when you do, read this again."

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it, but if you never give up, you will get there eventually."

"When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top."

"It’s hard for a person to beat depression, but it’s even harder for depression to beat a person who never gives up."

"Recovery does not happen linearly. Sometimes you’ll have bad days, sometimes you’ll have setbacks, and sometimes you’ll feel so low and broken that you’ll want to give up. But if you keep taking little steps forward, you’ll eventually get there."

"Doing the best I can ... as long as I can."

"One foot in front of the other. Climb the ladder one step at a time. Believe in yourself, you can do this. The light at the end of the tunnel will come."

"It actually was told to me in a different context but really it works here too: 'never quit on a bad day' ... like wait for a good day and see if you still feel the same. This has really helped me through some things."

"Strive For Progress Not Perfection."

"Ain’t about how fast I get there / Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side / It’s the climb."

"Keep going."