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Perseverance Quotes


"Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life."


"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?"


"Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon."


"Rise flexibly, courageously and perseveringly upon the challenges and trials in our life. Beneath the depth of fresh wounds, heavy cross and years of scars, is our wise silent mind, a beating faithful heart with understanding and patience matched with a humble soul who walks with hope towards charity, kindness, peace and harmony."


"It is tempting to quit striving toward a goal when you have neither the time, the resources, the support, the means, nor perhaps the confidence in talent to reach the level of standing you wish to reach. But these are not reasons to quit. Move forward anyway. Try your best. Put what little you do have into accomplishing what you can, because along the way you may attain a portion of what you feel is lacking. And owning a portion of a dream is better than owning no dream at all. Never give up."



"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith."


"No one is born a sprinter. We all learn to push ourselves up from the floor and then balance before taking that first, wobbly step. It is an individual choice where to go from there."


"Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it."


"For me at least there came moments when faith wavered. But there is the great lesson and the great triumph: keep the fire burning until by and by out of the mass of sordid details there comes some result."


"Masters of flight don't learn to fly because of all that helped them, they learnt to fly, despite all that tried to stop them."


"You don't stop planting corn because weeds are going to grow beside it."


"As we fulfill our dream and move toward success, we will not escape fighting."


"I never fell. I don't care what they say. I'm still doing my job, as I see it."


"If you wish to overcome any difficulty, resolved to endure adversity."


"When life belittle and trick you, you will forget protocol..."


"I have discovered fallen trees across my path and have possessed neither the strength to move them nor the patience or tenacity to find an alternative way round. I have simply returned to where I came from, and told myself there had been no other choice."


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


"When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times."


"Sometimes you learn, grow and give far more when your back's against the wall."


"As bad as you are thinking of giving up, you still have more drive left in you. Winning is something that you were born to experience on earth. Keep on pushing with faith and perseverance, something greatly rewarding will surely happen down the line."



"Every joy that life gives must be earned ere it be secured; and how hardly earned, those only know who have wrestled for great prizes. The heart's blood must gem with red beads the brow of the combatant, before the wreath of victory rustles over it."



"It shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder-or impossible-to lose."


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


"When things go wrong, just do your best to make it through the day and you'll be okay in a short time."


"Keep at it. Persistence does pay dividends. But there is a catch, you gotta believe it before manifestation will validate conviction as [your] truth. And sacrifice is a required path to fulfillment."


"Every time you say it is impossible, you shoot yourself in the foot."


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


"If you have the dedication, means and patience to treat your daily struggle, like a step towards success, something bigger will come your way."


"Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up."


"It's not about winning. But it's about not giving up. If you have a dream, fight for it."



"Where there is insistence, there is tenacity and where there is tenacity, there is anguish."


"Darkness had fallen upon everything for him; but just because of this darkness he felt that the one guiding clue in the darkness was his work, and he clutched it and clung to it with all his strength."


"Nothing ever stays the same. Just because things aren't good now doesn't mean they will be that way forever....Never quit."


"No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you're out."


"Patience is a skill that brings beauty. Patience brings strength. Patience brings happiness - Practice patience and you will achieve your goals!"


"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."


"Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest."


"Keep your mental sight fully focused on the prize ahead; so that if you happen to fall, it would motivate you to get back up and keep moving forward."


"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."


"Our young men and women must be taught that through hard work, they can create opportunities for themselves and others."


"Nosoi? Percy planted his feet in a fighting stance. "You know, I keep thinking, I have now killed every single thing in Greek mythology. But the list never seems to end."You haven't killed me yet, I noted."Don't tempt me."


"To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity."


"Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position."


"You can strive in life with courage, faith and hope."


"Keep your eyes on the prize and know that the trials are only for a while, so smile."


"In order to fulfil our life mission we also need to develop perseverance."


"True champions, like the sun, cannot be eclipsed for long."



"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!"
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