Top 100 Persevere Quotes
#1. Individuals who have learned to endure and persevere through the storms of hardships are those who can dance in the rain during a storm.
Ellen J. Barrier
#2. To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
William Shakespeare
#3. In order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere.
Ellen J. Barrier
#4. Your opponents do not want you to persevere;
they are afraid you will succeed.
Your allies want you to persevere;
they will benefit from your success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#6. It is a long road from conception to completion.
Moliere
#7. You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.
Seneca The Younger
#8. It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.
Philip Neri
#9. Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties.
Brother Lawrence
#10. Every good endeavor should be done with purpose. Without a clear sense of purpose, our efforts to do a good thing well can flounder. But with a clear purpose, we are far more likely to persevere.
Jen Wilkin
#11. Most of the advice was along the lines of, "If you persevere in your efforts you will surely succeed," which is bullshit, if you ask me. People who turn to stuff like this have probably already persevered and gotten nowhere.
Ryu Murakami
#12. 9. Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
San Juan De La Cruz
#13. If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might not be in acting - it might be in business, financing, it might be in the arts, it might be in anything. But it's all about focusing and being inspired.
Cory Monteith
#14. It probably wouldn't last. It never does. But it would come back around again. That's how life works. And that's why it's important to treasure the peaceful times-so you can persevere through the other kind.
Jean Ferris
#15. This, Barrett Meeks, is your work. You witness, and compile. You persevere.
Michael Cunningham
#16. If he give me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond that will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.
William Carey
#17. Once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself. To persevere and hang in there and believe in yourself.
Steve Nash
#18. All of a sudden the progress will stop one day, and you will find yourself, as it were, stranded. Persevere. All progress proceeds by such rise and fall." - Vivekananda
Ram Dass
#19. I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied.
Mike Tyson
#20. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Pythagoras
#21. Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
Euripides
#22. Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
Luc De Clapiers
#24. There was but one thing for him;- to persevere till he got her, or till he had finally lost her. And should the latter be his fate, as he began to fear that it would be, then, he would live, but live only, like a crippled man.
Anthony Trollope
#25. Studies show that people tend to persevere longer with problems they've been told are difficult as opposed to easy.
Gretchen Rubin
#26. The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.
Carli Lloyd
#27. No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
Plato
#28. The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.
Magha
#29. To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.
Dalai Lama XIV
#30. Oppose vigorously any tendency to sadness ... You must persevere. By means of sorrow the enemy tries to make us weary of good works, but if he sees that we don't give them up and that being done in spite of his opposition they have become very meritorious, he will stop troubling us.
Francis De Sales
#31. The old saying is true: "We are saved by faith alone, but saving faith is never alone." If you belong to God, you will persevere in doing good. You will not be perfect, but you will persevere with patience.
James Johnston
#32. Unfortunately, a lot of people in the world will never be get a happy ending and it's okay if they give up, it's okay if they don't persevere, but it's also okay if they push on just for a few moments of happiness before they reach their sad ending.
Christy Leigh Stewart
#33. To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.
Nathaniel Branden
#35. I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
Michael Jordan
#36. Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day.
Mary Anne Radmacher
#37. The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.
Bob Schaffer
#38. When you prepare, regularly work hard, create value, help others get what they want, and persevere ... the life of your dreams is INEVITABLE.
Matthew Loop
#40. We persevere because we believe rewards will come.
Philip Yancey
#41. The other message I have to share is this: despite difficult times and setbacks, if you persevere, you might surprise yourself.
Kimberly Gatto
#43. My brothers and my sisters, do always persevere in true and earnest prayer, and the Lord will hear you. Believe that the highest revelations of science are conformable to the doctrine of the efficacy of prayer; that in this doctrine the highest philosophy harmonizes with the purest devotion.
Keshub Chandra Sen
#44. When we seek God for answers, we must persevere in prayer, letting it build up day after day until the force of it becomes a mighty tide pushing over all obstacles.
Jim Cymbala
#45. Failure is success in abeyance; but only for those who persevere.
Ashok Kallarakkal
#46. Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
Swami Vivekananda
#47. If we are going to persevere as committed disciples of Jesus Christ over the course of our lives, we must always keep the gospel of God's forgiveness through Christ before us.
Jerry Bridges
#48. The old man calls out, Listen. Who doesn't have a hard time with what life throws at them when they're young? It's the toughest when you're young. Just persevere. That will bring luck to you later.
Anonymous
#49. In male-driven [films], the protagonist is not the person who's necessarily in harms way. There's a sense that they're going to figure out how to persevere and take on the obstacles and foes and you don't necessarily know if that's going to happen with the subjects of love stories.
Todd Haynes
#51. Persevere with a positive attitude - Michael Jordan
Sharon Hughson
#52. What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
Ovid
#53. As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
Mike Tyson
#54. Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.
Gautama Buddha
#55. The assurance of the believer is not that God will save him even if he stops believing, but that God will keep him believing
God will sustain you in faith, he will make your hope firm and stable to the end. He will cause you to persevere.
John Piper
#56. We work hard for the things we want, we compromise, we amend, we persevere, we stay believing, we show commitment. We strive! Later we will see the results
Tshepang Sharon Koji
#58. To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.
Louis Zamperini
#59. To be mature and complete, not lacking anything, you must persevere. Perseverance is developed when your faith is tested. Your faith is tested when you face trials of many kinds. So when you do, be joyful. Pure joy, the greatest joy, only happens through the greatest trials.
Matt Ham
#60. Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like a series of brutal kicks in the teeth. Those who grow a thick enough skin to persevere, survive. Those who do not, do not.
Gardner Dozois
#61. Aschenbach is not only a projection of Mann in the obvious ways - same daily routines, author of the works Mann had planned - nor even in sharing his author's aspirations, doubts, and sexual identity. His watchword, "Durchhalten!" [persevere, keep going] could be Mann's own.
Philip Kitcher
#62. I write everywhere. I've written books while I was on planes, at Disney World, and in multiple countries of which I am not a native. It can be a struggle to make word count sometimes, but I will persevere!
Seanan McGuire
#63. Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail; Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail.
Dean Koontz
#64. You must be careful. There are things that should never be given up. You must persevere.
Vladimir Nabokov
#65. I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.
Pope Benedict XVI
#66. A Hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve
#67. Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges.
Wendy Kopp
#68. The Lotus grows in the most inhabitable of environments, and yet its beauty and purity persevere. A reminder that not all have to conform . . . or settle for what is." - Theodore Teizel
Bridget Ladd
#69. Love lights our darkness. It is forever tries.
Anna White
#70. The plowing's done. The seed is spread. The weather is reminding me that, rain or shine, the earth abides, the land endures, the soil will persevere forever and a day. Its smell is pungent and high-seasoned. This is happiness.
Jim Crace
#71. On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
Charles R. Swindoll
#72. If you look to artists who've managed to achieve lifelong careers, you detect the same pattern: They all have been able to persevere, regardless of success or failure.
Austin Kleon
#73. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.
Gloria Estefan
#74. The essential commitment and, above all, the visible grace and source of supernatural strength for the Church as the People of God is to persevere and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to develop spiritually in the climate of the Eucharist.
Pope John Paul II
#75. Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.
Mary Anne Radmacher
#76. I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!
Deborah Sampson
#77. To persevere is one thing, but to push on ignoring your intuition is something quite different. Self-awareness is the practice of learning the difference.
Vironika Tugaleva
#78. Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.
Robert De Castella
#79. Tripping and falling are part of what makes living real
Rising and reaching are what make you capture the ideal
Don't sit there mourning
Get up rejoicing
It is a new day...
with a will, there is a way!
Manuela George-Izunwa
#80. The character of those who continually persevere and sacrifice are eventually completely reborn and when they rise from the darkness they've endured no stone can hold them down." -Rise...Roll Away The Stone
Jason Versey
#82. It is hard work to win back love. But don't give up. Those who persevere find more happiness in earning love than they do in gaining it.
Patricia St. John
#83. Like an ant, I will find my way round any obstacle. Like a child, I will persevere with pinpoint focus.
Chris Murray
#84. Patiently persevere in the face of hardship hoping for a good outcome because you never know how many dead hearts you will bring to life in the process. No hardship lasts forever. There is always an end.
Babar Ahmad
#85. The most successful people in the world aren't usually the brightest. They are the ones who persevere.
Ross Perot
#86. learn whether to pivot or persevere.
Eric Ries
#87. The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
Jane Fonda
#88. When resistance closes the door against you, remember that persistence holds the key. Don't give up too early; insist to endure to the end ... You will never regret it!
Israelmore Ayivor
#89. Never give up. It might not seem easy at first but in the end, it will all be worth it
Sunday Adelaja
#90. Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Sasha Cohen
#91. Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.
Swami Vivekananda
#92. Consciousness is cerebral celebrity
nothing more and nothing less. Those contents are conscious that persevere, that monopolize resources long enough to achieve certain typical and "symptomatic" effects
on memory, on the control of behavior and so forth.
Daniel Dennett
#93. He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so.
Francis De Sales
#94. It ain't nothing you can't have if you willing to persevere! Willing to stick in there! Willing to fight!
Eric Thomas
#95. In the belly of Leviathan, Mr Thomas, one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.
Dean Koontz
#96. Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people dont understand whats involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that dont either dont have enough fortitude and they probably wouldnt succeed anyway, or they fall in love with the glamour of writing as opposed to the writing of writing.
Peter McWilliams
#97. He believes that "To persevere is favorable."
Paulo Coelho
#98. If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
Norman Vincent Peale
#99. To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break.
Mahershala Ali
#100. Persevere. Bear with great patience each other's infirmities of body or behavior. And when the thorns of contention arise, daily forgive, and be ready to accept forgiveness.
Glennon Doyle Melton
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