PERSEVERANCE QUOTES II
quotations about perseverance
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
ANNE SULLIVAN
letter, October 30, 1887
To the persevering mortals the blessed immortals are swift.
ZOROASTER
attributed, Day's Collacon
Perseverance removes all obstacles and opens every avenue to power and accomplishment.
WALTER MATTHEWS
"Perseverance"
Perseverance and audacity generally win.
MME. DELUZY
attributed, Day's Collacon
It is not calculable what may be accomplished in everything in life by moderate beginnings and judicious perseverance.
ROBERT ANDERSON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Perseverance is failing nineteen times, and succeeding the twentieth; but when you do succeed, how the applause does follow you.
J. ANDREWS
attributed, Day's Collacon
It is the spirit of indomitable perseverance that crowns all worthy heroes.
ELIAS LYMAN MAGOON
Proverbs for the People
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness. He that shall walk with vigor three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Rasselas: A Tale
When you love something, perseverance isn't even a thing you consider, it's second nature.
SPRING KING
interview, DIY Magazine, April 5, 2016
Perseverance has been the radical principle of every truly great character.
JOHN FOSTER
letter to the Rev. Dr. Fawcett, March 30, 1792
Perseverance is to patience what the thread is to the needle.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
There is a point in all great endeavors, a test of will that defines the effort. We keep going--and maybe succeed--or we quit and certainly fail.
RICK REMENDER
Black Science, No. 16, June 2015
Walk on.
BRUCE LEE
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
BABE RUTH
attributed, Babe Ruth
In my experience, perseverance is a necessary adjunct to success.
MALCOLM LEVENE
"The Relevance of the 3 Ps: Patience, Perseverance, Persistence", Huffington Post, April 4, 2016
If you really want to make a difference, whether it's in helping other people, or whether it's in fighting for your country, or whether it's in the political arena, or journalism, or physics, you've got to persevere. You've got to understand that there are going to be some enormous bumps in the road. They can be personal. You can get hurt badly. You can lose a friend, or a child, or a wife, or a husband. But you've got to persevere, you've got to be guided by certain principles and stay the course. If you quit, if you run away when the going gets tough, you won't really understand what a full life is all about.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
interview, Academy of Achievement, June 2, 1995
Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth; it spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and bids the choicest fruits and flowers spring up and flourish in the desert abode of thorns and briars.
SAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH
Fireside Education
Persevering in the past taught me to be optimistic about the future.
QUORA
"Perseverance is the single most valuable skill a person can have", Quartz, February 29, 2016
Cowards shrink from toil and peril,
Vulgar souls attempt and fail;
Men of mettle, nothing daunted,
Persevere till they prevail.
BHARTRHARI
"The Praise of the Wise Man"
Perseverance is all-powerful; but it time, in its advances, undermines and is able to destroy the strongest things on earth; it is the best friend and ally to those who use properly the opportunities that it presents, and the worst enemy to those who are rushing into action before it summons them.
PLUTARCH
attributed, Day's Collacon