The truth is, in life, nothing comes easy. But when you spend so much time and effort on something and you don’t seem to be getting the results you want, you start to consider giving up.
It makes you feel like maybe things are never going to work out and you should give up already. But sometimes, just holding on just a little bit can make all the difference in your life.
So, if you are at that point in life where you feel like your efforts don’t matter and you should give up already, let these perseverance quotes be your motivation to keep going.
Perseverance quotes
Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
Author Unknown
Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller
There is no armor like perseverance.
Sogyal Rinpoche
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
Walter Elliot
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich
Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self-criticism.
Albert Einstein
Be persevering at the bottom, humble at the top. Maxime Lagacé
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham Lincoln
He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche
If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining
Marcus Aurelius
The less pain we tolerate, the more average we become.
Jack Butcher
The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.
Ryan Holiday
There’s no talent here. This is hard work. This is obsession. Talent does not exist. Conor McGregor
Impatience with actions, patience with results. Naval Ravikant
The people who stick with things for years and never stop almost always win the race.
James Clear
The further the reward from the effort, the thinner the competition. Patience is the gatekeeper. Johnny Uzan
Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.
Santosh Kalwar
Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.
Thomas Carlyle
Three tips for becoming successful: consistency, consistency, and consistency.
Joe De Sana
No conqueror believes in chance.
Friedrich Nietzsche
You have to practice even, maybe especially, when it hurts.
Jeff Goins
The most important thing is to keep going. The second most important thing is to choose the right direction.
Maxime Lagacé
There is no downside to endurance. If you can endure more, you can do more.
The Stoic Emperor
A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace)
What is now proved was once only imagined. William Blake
I was taught the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.
Marie Curie
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
James A. Michener
Anyone can start something. No one quits right before the prize. The middle sets people apart. Johnny Uzan
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. Benjamin Disraeli
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen. Michael Jordan
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm, in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass
Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur
Man matures when he no longer believes discomfort is uncomfortable.
Carlos Del Valle
Ask, Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t I endure it?’ You’ll be embarrassed to answer. Marcus Aurelius
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
Albert Einstein
Never, never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein
Everybody dreams and doubts. Got to keep dancing when the lights go out.
Chris Martin
Adversity is always the partner of progress.
John C. Maxwell
God will direct you, you will be able to endure. Exodus 18:23
The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.
Friedrich Nietzsche
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.
Neil Gaiman
I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller
Stand firm, and you will win life.
Luke 21:19
Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
Victor Hugo
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
Conrad Hilton
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I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span. Charlie Munger
Don’t get upset when people don’t support your dreams, those same folk aren’t supporting their own dreams.
Wesley Snipes
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
Mike Tyson
He conquers who endures.
Persius
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. Winston Churchill
One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.
Johnny Depp
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison
Looking back over a life of hard work, my only regret is that I didn’t work even harder.
H. L. Mencken
Persistence pays off.
Noah Kagan
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
Lord Chesterfield
Rejection is a success tax.
Brian Norgard
Steep is the way to mastery.
Eugen Herrigel
We learn to endure by enduring.
The Stoic Emperor
I am not talented, I am obsessed.
Conor McGregor
You can’t lose if you don’t quit.
Stephen C. Storey
It’s always to soon to quit.
Norman Vincent Peale
Work without hope or despair.
The School of Life
Care the most. Succeed the most.
Maxime Lagacé
We will either find a way or make one.
Hannibal
Perseverance solves more problems than brilliance.
Shane Parrish
Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin
By perseverance till the snail reached the ark.
Charles Spurgeon
Perseverance and perspective until victory.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Become comfortable with permanent uncertainty. Unknown
The seeds of greatness are planted in the daily grind.
Adam Grant
Inner strength isn’t “found” it’s created.
David Goggins
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
H.G. Wells
Growth is overrated. Endurance is underrated. Shane Parrish
But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Matthew 24:13
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Julie Andrews
