Perseverance Quotes

I would like to thank the people who've brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.

~ Oprah Winfrey

If I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from the easy tasks, what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose myself?

~ Charlotte Brontë

It may take years of struggle and confession, battle and failure. The places in my life where I struggle with deadly sins are matters of a decade or more of focus, repentance, shame, and grace. I’ve traveled some long roads simply to lessen the depth of some of my failures and addictions — just to get to a place where I can receive fresh grace and encouragement.

~ Jeff Cook

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

~ Ming-Dao Deng

To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

~ Nathaniel Branden

A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.

~ Criss Jami

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

When it comes to human success, I'm pretty sure the object doesn't need a net external force to move it.

~ Majid Kazmi

What is greater than painIs a greater brainMore powerful than anything.

~ Ricardo Derose

Afrikaans was the language of the white minority in South Africa, and the forced learning of it created resentment among blacks. Even so, Nelson Mandela made it a point to learn this language in prison in anticipation that it would help him lead the whole of South Africa.

~ Robert Lane Greene

To persevere is one thing, but to push on ignoring your intuition is something quite different. Self-awareness is the practice of learning the difference.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Conviction is having the mindset to never doubt your self-understanding

~ Gino Norris

Our government, media houses, schools, must focus on creating a new culture in our society. A culture of work. A culture of labour. A culture of diligence. A culture of hard work. A culture of perseverance. A culture of persistence. A culture of DIGNITY OF LABOUR.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Just about the worst thing an artist can do is to try and be a nice person.

~ Amanda Craig

You are too important to the bigger picture to just fall off the canvas.

~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Between goal and success, there is one critical thing - perseverance: it is the fundamental belief to always succeed, the determination to turn goal to gold, the greatness to never give up, the foresight to dream that enables you to make it happen.

~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

It takes self-discipline and persistence action to achieve the goal.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

They have concluded that it is their duty to rush forward on their journey no matter what the weather; I, on the other hand, am for waiting for favourable wind and current. They are for risking all for God at the snap of a finger; I am for taking advantage of every opportunity to secure my life and estate. They are for holding to their ideas even though all the world would be against them; I, however, am for religion insofar as the times, conditions, and my safety allow it. They are for religion when walking in rags and abuse; I am for it when it walks in silver slippers, in sunshine, and with applause.

~ Cheryl Ford

The greatest virtue is endurance.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Even if it's not appreciated, do your best. Integrity will take you further than acknowledgement.

~ Andrena Sawyer

Don't allow your problems to keep your spirit down. We all have our ups and downs in life. There is always a way out, but you must strongly believe in your ability to persevere.

~ Hafiz

It takes an enthusiastic mind to understand all the necessary steps needed to make one's dream a reality, but a lot of discipline and perseverance to stay consistent all the way through.

~ Hafiz

True winners remain winners because they truly believe that challenges, struggles, and obstacles can all lead to big blessings through persistence and perseverance.

~ Hafiz

No matter what it is that you are going through at this very moment, I encourage you to choose perseverance over discouragement. If you hang in strong long enough, sooner or later, this experience would become a thing of the past like the obstacles you defeated in the past.

~ Hafiz

Don't be discouraged when they laugh at your adversity; instead, smile at them, because through persistence, perseverance and faith, you would be laughing at their surprised faces in the future.

~ Hafiz

Perseverance is the true beginning of a life of victory.

~ Hafiz

Whatever it is that you are going through at the moment, stay strong and keep your faith alive. Through perseverance, time will surely come to your rescue.

~ Hafiz

No matter how bad things get, never allow your thoughts to convince you to settle for the way things are at the moment. If you keep pushing forward with faith and perseverance, sooner or later things could become a lot better than you desire them to be.

~ Hafiz

As long as you choose to persist and persevere, one day you would gladly look back and be very proud that you never gave up.

~ Hafiz

Vow to always persevere through your struggles, challenges, and obstacles until you arrive at the rewarding end of them.

~ Hafiz

Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

~ John Steinbeck

You know you’ve come a long way when the thought of quitting scares you. You’ve made some… well, call them 'remarkable achievements', and you’ve managed to draw some attention to yourself.But SUCCESS is really not how far you’ve gone. It’s not even how well. It is how much farther you are ready to go and how much more sacrifices you are willing to make. Not until you get to the point where you are willing to give up your life for a purpose… not until you get to that point will you be celebrated.

~ King Samuel Benson

Yours are the only shoes made to walk your journey.

~ Charles F. Glassman

I'm just a regular guy who up until a few years ago totally underestimated what I felt I was capable of. Since then my experiences have taught me that we are all capable of the extraordinary in our lives.

~ Ray Zahab

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.

~ Aberjhani

In the learning process, a learner does encounter some difficulty. But with diligent, you will master the act.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

~ James A. Michener

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

~ Charles De Gaulle

He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.

~ Megan Whalen Turner

Affliction is a good man's shining time.

~ Edward Young