Perseverance Quotes and Sayings

Perseverance is of utmost importance success factor to excel in life. Perseverance means working hard consistently with determination; regardless of challenges, obstacles problems, difficulties, or odds that may exist. Here are best Perseverance Quotes to develop never give up attitude.

Perseverance Quotes

1. “You don’t need an easier life, but rather an attitude of perseverance. Attitude precedes outcome.” – James Clear
2. “Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.” – Gillian Anderson
3. “The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.” – David Sarnoff
4. “If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
5. “My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you’ve got to be a filmmaker.” – Robert Wise
6. “Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
7. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts”. – Winston Churchill
8. “Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.” – Lord Chesterfield
9.  “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard
10. “Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!” – Hector Crawford

Quotes about Perseverance

11. “The three ordinary things that we often don’t pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.” – Azim Premji
12. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
13. “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews
14. “Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” – Ben Carson
15. “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” – Walter Elliott

16. “In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
17. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
18. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
19. “If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying. “Here comes number seventy-one!” – Richard M. Devos
20. “Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.” – George Eliot

Perseverance Short Quotes

21. “He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
22. “The less pain we tolerate, the more average we become.” – Jack Butcher
23. “I have always been one to encourage perseverance.” – Christina Aguilera
24. “He conquers who endures.” – Persius
25. “Never, never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill

26. “Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” – Victor Hugo
27. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
28. “We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
29. “Perseverance and perspective until victory.” – Lincoln Diaz-Balart
30. “There is no armor like perseverance.” – Sogyal Rinpoche

Inspirational Perseverance Quotes

31. “Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.” – Bob Riley
32. “The difference between the difficult and the impossible is that the impossible takes a little longer time.” – Lady Aberdeen
33. “Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying. We must never give up, regardless of temptations, frustrations, disappointments, or discouragements.” – Joseph P. Wirthlin
34. “Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.” – Scott Hamilton
35. “It’s perseverance that’s the key. It’s persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.” – Lynn Davies
36. “The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” – Mignon McLaughlin
37. “We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges.” – Wendy Kopp
38. “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” – Charles Spurgeon
39. “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
40. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton

Motivational Perseverance Quotes

41.  “To persevere in one’s duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.” – George Washington
42.  “Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli
43. “No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.” – Ramana Maharshi
44. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie
45. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
46. “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
47. “Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.” – William Cobbett
48.  “The road to perseverance lies by doubt.” – Francis Quarles
49. “The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.” – Kalpana Chawla
50. “Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” – John Quincy Adams

Perseverance Quotes

51. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
52. “You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.” – Lou Holtz
53. “Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.” – Orison Swett Marden
54.  “If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
55. “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.” – H. Jackson Brown

56. “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams
57.  “The most essential factor is persistence – the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.” – James Whitcomb Riley
58. “Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.” – William Godwin
59. “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
60. “If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.” – Joseph Addison

Famous Perseverance Quotes

61. “We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre.” – Andy Biersack
62. “Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” – Louis Pasteur
63. “Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
64. “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” – Henry Ward Beecher
65. “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life.” – James 1:12
66. “Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self-criticism.” – Albert Einstein
67. “‘Tis a lesson you should heed. Try, try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed – try, try, try again.” – William Edward Hickson
68. “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha
69. “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn
70. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather

Best Perseverance Quotes

71. “Persistence pays off.” – Noah Kagan
72. “The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.” – Robin Sharma
73. “I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.” – David Rose
74. “We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others – people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.” – Wendy Kopp
75.  “Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.” – Swami Vivekananda

76. “To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean,” says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up.” Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.” – Swami Vivekananda
77. “From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.” – Luke Bryan
78.  “Perseverance is the mother who snuggles her children when they are impatient. Keep calm, everything will be solved. Keep persisting, go ahead.” – Alan Maiccon
79. “There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.” – Sophie Swetchine
80. “Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.” – Paula Abdul

Popular Perseverance Quotes

81.  “Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest. It’s the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.” – Travis Bradberry
82. “I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.” – Arnold Palmer
83. “To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.” – Nathaniel Branden
84. “Everything that I’ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.” – Scott Hamilton
85. “My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I’m not Olympic champion, but I can teach the world about that.” – Jeremy Abbott
86. “Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.” – Misty Copeland
87. “I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.” – Og Mandino
88. “Dream after dream comes true – or rather is made true by persevering effort.” – L.M. Montgomery
89. “Perseverance is the key to success. Never give up and keep making efforts. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” – Invajy
90. “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the unsuccessful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs

Perseverance Quotes

91. “Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It’s about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.” – Dean Koontz
92. “God helps those who persevere.” – The Koran
93. “I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.” – Tom Hopkins
94. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” – Calvin Coolidge
95. “A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” – B. F. Skinner