45 Perseverance Quotes to Inspire Your Rise


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Perseverance is the relentless force that refuses to break, no matter how fierce the storm or how steep the climb. It’s the fire that burns brighter with every obstacle, the courage to rise after every fall, and the strength to keep going when everything else says, “stop.” In the face of doubt and difficulty, the right words can fuel your determination. These perseverance quotes are here to ignite your unyielding spirit, proving that no challenge is too great for a heart that refuses to give up.

Famous Perseverance Quotes

The only failure is quitting. Everything else is just gathering information.

Jen Sincero

By perseverance, the snail reached the ark.

Charles Spurgeon

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

William Feather

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.  Thomas A. Edison

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Thomas A. Edison

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Theodore Roosevelt

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Joseph P. Kennedy

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Napoleon Bonaparte

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

Maya Angelou

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.  Theodore Roosevelt

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.

Mary Anne Radmacher

Motivational Perseverance Quotes

The brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

Randy Pausch

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.

Charles R. Swindoll

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Lucretius

There are two ways of attaining an important end: force and perseverance.

Honoré de Balzac

Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Winston S. Churchill

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Confucius

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

Matt Biondi

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal.

Zig Ziglar

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.

John C. Maxwell

Success is no accident. It is perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.

Pele

No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Ramana Maharshi

Philosophical Perseverance Quotes

Adversity and perseverance can shape you and give you a value that is priceless.

Scott Hamilton

What counts is not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl. Whatever you do, keep moving forward.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.  Morgan Freeman

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

Morgan Freeman

To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.

Richelle E. Goodrich

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

Wilma Mankiller

The difference between a successful person and others is a lack of will.

Vince Lombardi

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

To succeed, you must first improve. To improve, you must first practice. To practice, you must first learn. To learn, you must first fail.

Michael Jordan

All great achievements require time..

Maya Angelou

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a difficult thing but to turn it into glory.

William Barclay

No great thing is created suddenly.

Epictetus

Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Louis Pasteur

Resilient Perseverance Quotes

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

Henry Ward Beecher

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

The price of success is hard work, dedication, and determination.

Vince Lombardi

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles.

Amos Bronson Alcott

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Harry Golden

It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.

Confucius

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston S. Churchill

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

Robert Jordan

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