Perseverance Quotes

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles of success; If I persist long enough I will win.

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.