Perserverance Quotes & Sayings

Just imagine what would have happened if Michael Jordan quit after getting cut from his High School Basketball team? — JohnA Passaro

Never underestimate the power of kindness. It is very contagious. A person whose heart is saddened by the troubles of this world, the loss of a friend or family member, a hard days work, or the struggle of provision can experience joy through a simple act of kindness. Romans 12: 10-12, Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another, not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continually steadfastly in prayer. — Amaka Imani Nkosazana

The only power worth a snot is the power to get up after you fall down. — G. Willow Wilson

There's something outrageously simple about extending yourself toward a goal the way a plant seeks the sun's rays or a gopher the crunch of easy soil beneath his paws, and then getting exactly what you want, sunshine or some prized tuber. — Gary Shteyngart

No one escapes suffering. Everyone goes through tough times. Suffering is a part of our human condition and cannot be avoided. Setbacks, failures, pain, suffering, and hardships are all a part of life, but whether we are able to find peace within the storm depends on our resilience and perseverance. Whenever one of our children tells us that they don't want to fail at something, we remind them that there will be times in their life when they will fail, but it's how they come through it that matters. If we choose to focus on the negative, the failure itself, the darkness will oppress and consume us. Eventually it will destroy a person. We need to embrace the fact that we're human and our lives will be filled with suffering and hardship, but we have the ultimate hope and victory in Our Lord. — Karen Santorum

Patience removes frustration.
Practice restores confidence.
Perseverance makes it happen. — Charles F. Glassman

We have such numerous interests in our lives that it is not uncommon, on a single occasion, for the foundations of a happiness that does not yet exist to be laid down alongside the intensification of a grief from which we are still suffering. — Marcel Proust

Aim high,
fight hard.
Never aim low,
never fight soft. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Goals are my north star. My compass. The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel. Goals are motivations with wind in their sails - they carry me forward despite the storms. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Disappointment is a natural part of the schedule if you plan on winning. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

I could just like down, right here, and let the sand cover me like a blanket. But my legs, clumsy as they've become, keep stumbling forward on their own. I'm not frightened and I'm not sorry. Not even a little bit. Nikko and I shared this fate, six years apart. We both walked into the desert, and we will both have died out here, under the wide open sky. At this moment, I feel closer to him than I have in years. Maybe that's what Endd meant when she said that none of us are ever truly alone. — Joaquin Lowe

The keys to health and weight-loss: stress reduction, sleep, deep breathing, clean water, complete nutrition, sunshine, walking, stretching, meditation, love, community, laughter, dreams, perseverance, purpose, humility, action. — Bryant McGill

Knowing that it has never been done before makes me want to fight even harder. — Misty Copeland

Remember this - the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The person who says it can't be done is almost always interrupted by the person who is doing it. — Shannon L. Alder

I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it till the end of the race. — Truman Capote

Even the ant reached its destination as long as it didn't stop walking. — Nana Awere Damoah

Beginning the race is courage. Going the distance is faith. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Sometimes its hard to see the light at the end of a tunnel. Sometimes you don't even know its there — Campbell Thompson

Hope is something that can never be taken from you unless you allow someone to take it. If you never lose hope, you will never truly be poor. — John M. Simmons

Perhaps it wasn't age but what you were capable of, the lengths to which you were willing to go to get what you wanted, that mattered most. — Anna Jarzab

You are descended from warriors. An endless parade of warriors. You have been alive for a billion years, an unbroken line of DNA. You will not be defeated by a ditch. — Nick Lake

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way. — Brandon Sanderson

The true sign of a robust and mature life rests in how many times that life has been knocked down, for to be incessantly knocked down and yet find oneself still standing means that someone had the resolve to get up that many times plus one. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

You cannot become the greatest without at least a gr- and a test inside of you — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The world's a stage and I'm on it. Better make a good impression out there! — Shannon Mayhew

I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer.
Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview
(Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!) — Ray Bradbury

There was an art to living, and sometimes it required the inexorable, relentless resolve just to keep plowing forward, one step at a time, no matter what the hell it was you were doing. — Marjorie M. Liu

No land too small to lose, no man too big to fall. — Hong Zheng

Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself. — Kazuo Ishiguro

The world went on. People left and people died and people went to memorial services and put orange blocks of cheese into their purses. People confessed to you that they were hungry all the time. And then you got up in the morning and pretended that none of it had happened. — Kate DiCamillo

Let us run with perserverance the race marked for us. — Anonymous

In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality. — Kristian Kan

... there is nothing stronger than a woman who has beaten her way back from being beaten down in the first place. — Barbara Lieberman

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up. — Tom Clancy

It is impossible to make time but you can always make a commitment. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

At the end of the day let their be no regrets, only a desire to do more tomorrow than you did today. — Noel DeJesus

for those who come so far. Some call this island the World's End, for though you can sail further, this is the beginning of the end. — C.S. Lewis

Gotta keep moving; can't stop; stagnation kills. — Lisa Mangum

No," Joan vowed. She grabbed Bash's shirt. "I don't want this. Didn't want this to happen."
Screams resonated.
Bash continued quietly, "None of us do. That's not up to us. We have to decide what we're going to do with what we're given. Play the cards dealt to us. — Cate Campbell Beatty

No one creates a perfect resume on their first try. — Matthew T. Cross

Eric looked up at her--smiled--nodded--returned his gaze to the vast ruin of the warehouse, and Gale was reminded that no, their work was not done. In the line they both had chosen, it never would be done. It was a bit like washing dishes, really; it could only ever be done for now, with the assurance that it would have to be done again later. — Grace Crandall

The faith comes by hearing; the reward by follow-through. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Don't ever give up.
Don't ever give in.
Don't ever stop trying.
Don't ever sell out.
And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment,
pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off.
But never, ever, ever give up. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Your haters gather the most at the sidelines. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice. — Alexander Hamilton

Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong. — Dale Carnegie

To crumble or to fly is aways a choice ... — Colleen Mariotti

The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past. — Julien Smith

Never shame your comrades by letting their death get you killed — Rachel Bach

I don't stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done — James Bond

Neither gold nor diamonds mine themselves. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

I can see that you have made your decision, but I wonder if you will become tired and discouraged. Me - I will never give up. — Gabriel Dumont

God doesn't hand you an easy life because you will grow in it. He hands you a dream with hurdles, obstacles, setbacks, battles and challenges because he knows the real you is at the finishing line. — Shannon L. Alder

In your face, E! X totally won that bet. The dark madame left the room to let X continue to bleed out. X had one other thought beyond destroying the female. Where the hell did she get those sweet shoes? — Marie Johnston

If you plan to build walls around me, know this - I will walk through them. — Richelle E. Goodrich

No one has ever doubted you would die for those you love ... the question then becomes would you live? — Elizabeth Isaacs

Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits — Robert Breault

Leo wondered what unknown sin they must have committed in some previous life to deserve this. The answer came the same way their feet later shocked to life in the warming hut after being so numb for hours- you think you'll never feel your toes again, and then all of a sudden life, damaged, stiffened, clammy, but life, dog-eat-dog life! We have not done a single thing to deserve this. — Peter Orner

The thing about being powerful is that it may be a limited edition... as the source of the power goes you go; but becoming empowered will last a lifetime. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The earth is round for a reason. Your minimum effort starts you at the top of the world; your maximum effort keeps you there. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Perserverance ... that's been the story of my family. — Barry Goldwater

Screwing up is hardly a major mistake. Sometimes your wrong choices bring you to the right places. — Shannon L. Alder

Triumph comes through perserverance. — Jodi Thomas

The life mission God gave you was only appointed to you. If you are faithful, God will send someone into your life to support it. If your are blessed, he will send someone who shares your passion. If you are chosen, he will unlock every door that stands in your way. — Shannon L. Alder

Because often it is the reader of adventures who saves the world. Because no matter how bad things look, or how rough things get, the reader keeps turning the pages... A reader never walks away from her own story. — R.K. Ryals

Is anything truly impossible? Or is it that the path to our goals appears too unclear to follow? It seems to me that if you seek hard enough, pray hard enough, you usually stumble across a scattering of breadcrumbs that marks the trail leading to the goal you once considered beyond your reach. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Trying, trying, always trying. Trying was my life. I was guaranteed nothing. — Lia Habel

You have the choice to either pray then plan or pray and wait; but keep in mind miracles are usually accessed somewhere between the 11th hour and resurrection. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

An excuse will not wake up early — Johnnie Dent Jr.

He who limps is still walking. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I don't believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned to believe in the Law of Tough Love. Life has thrown a dozen tragedies at me. I did what any Christian would do
prayed for the outcome I wanted, but God was tough and only gave me what I needed. I now realize that life is not about fulfilling a wish list; rather a need list. Good and bad experiences are on the horizon. How else does a person change, grow and evolve? And just like any warrior woman, I won't simply survive
but thrive! — Shannon L. Alder

So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game. — David Baldacci

A river has many curves, but it always reaches the ocean. — Donald L. Hicks

Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated. It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation - a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Even if you are having a nightmare day during which nothing will go right, never cease looking for the ball. In the end everything will come right, for football is a game that rewards those who show courage. — Duncan Edwards

Never give up.
It's like breathing - once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Some days are about preparation, but some are pure inspiration. — Colleen Mariotti

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

More often than not, at the end of the day (or a month, or a year), you realize that your initial idea was wrong, and you have to try something else. These are the moments of frustration and despair. You feel that you have wasted an enormous amount of time, with nothing to show for it. This is hard to stomach. But you can never give up. You go back to the drawing board, you analyze more data, you learn from your previous mistakes, you try to come up with a better idea. And every once in a while, suddenly, your idea starts to work. It's as if you had spent a fruitless day surfing, when you finally catch a wave: you try to hold on to it and ride it for as long as possible. At moments like this, you have to free your imagination and let the wave take you as far as it can. Even if the idea sounds totally crazy at first. — Edward Frenkel

He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out those reserves again, how the will to live would spring up again in a real emergency. He remembered how countless neurotic patients had disappeared for ever from his consulting rooms when the last war had broken out. The big worry had driven out the smaller ones, the greater fear the lesser. He made up his mind. He turned back to M. Give him one more chance. — Ian Fleming

I did it by myself, but I didn't do it alone. — Alexandra Silber

Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. — William Shakespeare

Perserverance: Outlasting the most rash, pessimistic, cowardly naysayers; those first in line to deny us the dreams never tried. Ourselves. — R.S. Guthrie

If nothing in life challenges us, we will remain unchallenged by life. — Alvin Conway

God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Perserverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. — Julie Andrews Edwards

To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perserverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important. — Rafe Esquith

The idea of a vision is revolutionary and ground breaking but achieving it may be back breaking. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

And life can have its way with me. It won't break me. Neither you nor me. That determined faith in our own resilience is our only weapon against the cynical, the weak, those who talk of honor but do not practice the word they so loudly and vigorously screech. — Alexandra Silber

Do you know why people like me are shy about being capitalists? Well, its because we, for as long as we have known you, were capital, like bales of cotton and sacks of sugar, and you were commanding, cruel capitalists, and the memory of this so strong, the experience so recent, that we can't quite bring ourselves to embrace this idea that you think so much of. As for hat we were like before we met you, I no longer care. No periods of time over which my ancestors held sway, no documentation of complex civilisations, is any comfort to me. Even if I really came from people who were living like monkeys in trees, it was better to be that than what happened to me, what I became after I met you. — Jamaica Kincaid

Perserverance is the sibbling of success. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Every bone in my body was crying out for rest, but I knew if I stopped, and perhaps slept, I would die. I had to keep going. It was strange, but the thirst which was killing me was also the driving force keeping me on this long, desperate march. — Marcus Luttrell

The courageous venture into the unknown;
the persevering conquer it. — Matshona Dhliwayo