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Perseverance Quotes



"My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker."


"Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure."


"'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one."


"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport."


"Life took the strongest root with a little bit of rain and a whole lot of shit for fertilizer."



"It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them."


"The appreciation of your success will only come with your perseverance."


"Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end."


"Every worthwhile accomplishment big or little has its stages of drudgery and triumph a beginning a struggle and a victory."


"The slogans "hang on and "press on have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity."


"Don't wait until all your doubts and fears are gone before you start working on your dream, because the truth is that there will always be some fears and doubts left in your mind. However, the key is to never allow them to slow you down, place limitations on your life, or blur your positive vision for the future. You are greater than all your fears and doubts."


"I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance."


"I never counted on you, lass. You are strong, honorable, clever, shrewd, beautiful, and resilient. You doona ever quit, and you doona ever give up. So why give up on me?"


"To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny."


"I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move."


"Nothing in life is stronger than perseverance; time only promotes it, failure is afraid of it, negative people hide from it, and disease is affected by it. Even rocks give way to perseverance: because if water perseveres its impacts on the surface of a rock long enough, the rock starts to wither."


"Many beautiful dreams die prematurely because the dreamers don't have enough fuel to drive through the rocky roads and the patience to wait."


"Our personal stories of perseverance contain immense wisdom that can assist others in finding their way to peace and illumination during difficult times."



"Live in day - tight compartments."


"Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to get to the best. Keep moving forward. Be patient."


"She dabbed at the surface of the water with one paw, and the moon fluttered like silver wings before settling again as the water stilled. Letting out a faint mrrow of wonder, Half Moon dabbed again and again. However often she disturbed the surface, the moon was still there.'It doesn't give up, does it? Half Moon blinked at Jayfeather. 'It's always there, constant like the stones in this cave. Maybe we should be like the moon's reflection, holding fast whatever happens?"


"The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day."


"If you fail, never give up. Keep trying, you will succeed."


"It was only when I rounded a bend and glimpsed the white peaks ahead that I doubled my abilities, only when I thought how far i had yet to go that i lost faith that I would get there."


"It is hard to begin and harder to finish."


"Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success."


"No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out, 'I am baffled!' and submits to be floated passively back to land."


"Fleet kept running, Kaladin growled, getting back under Elhokar's arm."What?"He couldn't win, but he kept running. And when the storm caught him, it didn't matter that he'd died, because he'd run for all he had."Sure. All right. The king sounded groggy, though Kaladin couldn't tell if it was the alcohol or the blood loss."We all die in the end, you see, Kaladin said. "So I guess what truly matters is just how well you've run. And Elhokar, you've kept running since your father was killed, even if you screw up all the storming time."Thank you? the king said, drowsy."


"The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke."


"Enjoy the RIDE NOW. You'll be SUCCESSFUL later, however YOU define SUCCESS."


"Perseverance n.: A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success."


"Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?"


"Self Effort (Purushartha) is that which will bear fruits, without fail."


"There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up."


"You go on by doing the best you can. You go on by being generous. You go on by being true. You go on by offering comfort to others who can't go on. You go on by allowing the unbearable days to pass and allowing the pleasure in other days. You go on by finding a channel for your love and another for your rage."



"People who don't have patience don't achieve anything in life."


"The key to success-keep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming."


"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up."


"Time and again the sun sets like a bedimming curtain before my eyes, taking with it all illumination, warmth, and color. I am overwhelmed by night and the monsters that lurk in shadows of despair. But alas, stars twinkle from afar, shedding the tiniest rays of lighted hope. I am reminded that the sun also rises and that morning's glory shall restore beauty to my world. The realization of this dream is only a matter of waiting out the dreary night. So, I shall persevere."


"If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations."


"You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise."


"The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also."


"Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope."


"At the very moment when people underestimate you is when you can make a breakthrough."


"The road might seem long,But the joy of arriving makes it all worth it.All I have to do is be strong."



"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."


"Ordinary people think you are crazy when you attempt the impossible, deride you when you are halfway to achieving it, and envy you when you achieve it."


"The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation."


"If your situation is too tough, don t go back, go forward. You die quicker when you go backward. Die later when you go forward."


"In all spheres of life, we find the grace of patient endurance."
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