To 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. In order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere.

Ellen J. Barrier

#3. 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

#4. it is only those who persevere to the end that succeed.

Swami Vivekananda

#5. 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

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. 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

#9. 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

#10. 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

#11. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Pythagoras

#12. No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

Plato

#13. 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

#14. 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

#15. 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

#16. To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

Nathaniel Branden

#17. 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

#18. The world belongs to those who persevere.

Nathaniel Branden

#19. 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

#20. 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

#21. 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

#22. 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

#23. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

Gloria Estefan

#24. 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

#25. learn whether to pivot or persevere.

Eric Ries

#26. 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

#27. 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

#28. He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so.

Francis De Sales

#29. He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

Paulo Coelho

#30. 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

#31. 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

#32. A sense of worthiness inspires us to be vulnerable, share openly, and persevere. Shame keeps us small, resentful, and afraid.

Brene Brown

#33. The God of Jesus Christ has nothing to do with what God, as we imagine him, could do and ought to do. If we are to learn what God promises, and what he fulfils, we must persevere in quiet meditation on the life, sayings, deeds, sufferings, and death of Jesus.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#34. Columbia is ... for people whose genitals still work, dammit. For writers who want to be brave and persevere in the real world where people often fail.

Scott Kenemore

#35. To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal.

Dianne Holum

#36. From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

Koichi Tanaka

#37. In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.

Michael Burgess

#38. Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them strive to overcome obstacles and persevere, and learn to persevere myself. They are my inspiration.

Clay Aiken

#39. It is now an easy matter to spell out the ethic of a truth: 'Do all that you can to persevere in that which exceeds you perseverance. Persevere in the interruption. Seize in your being that which has seized and broken you.

Alain Badiou

#40. You learn how to persevere ... to have discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit.

Ricardo Liborio

#41. I love that there's no cutoff where we get labeled and sent off to a home for hopeless, cranky, depressives. Every day is a new chance to listen longer and be braver and love more. We get to try again and again and again.

Anna White

#42. When things don't come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have.

Daniel Tammet

#43. Difficult situations create exploitable opportunities for those strong enough to persevere.

Chad Bowen

#44. One ventures, commits one's self, and if readers are not pleased, one can perhaps please one's self and earn that slender right to persevere.

Marianne Moore

#45. Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on their own. Instead, they are letting other children and the media, principally television and the movies, do the job.

William V. Shannon

#46. My friends, we should consider ourselves fortunate, not because we are any greater or lesser because we face adversity, rather we simply rejoice in the opportunity to face it.

Michael Joling

#47. God answers faith-filled complaints with grace, with character development, with power to persevere, and with a long-term plan that makes all things turn out right in the end.

Greg Pruett

#48. This was the desert, everything all at once, whether it was needed or not. What survived had learned to save, live carefully, and keep a low profile, even appear to be dead for long periods. Perseverance and patience.

James Anderson

#49. for us to get to our final destination, the road is not always level or smooth. Sometimes it's full of rocks and cliffs, and slippery slopes, and to make matters worse, we're walking in the dark. Perhaps life isn't to question the road, but to persevere until the light comes.

Natasha Deen

#50. Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things.

Saint Augustine

#51. Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

Steven Cojocaru

#52. Always, always lead by example. Those whom you lead will be quick to grasp the true identity of a truly professional NCO and will be more willing to follow, obey and persevere.

Silas L. Copeland

#53. Artists have to believe in the merit of their own work and persevere whether they receive public recognition or not, but it's ever so nice when someone says, "Job well done"!

Mary Pope Osborne

#54. The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus to persevere for few weeks more, when the fact becomes established beyond question.

William Banting

#55. Some call it growing up. I call it life, and in my experience, it doesn't necessarily get easier over the years. But the eternal struggle is beautiful, and I'm happy to persevere.

Connor Franta

#56. When our faith is tested by suffering "as gold is tried in a furnace" and we depend with confidence on God and rely entirely on his help, we will be granted the most excellent gift of patience and through faith we may victoriously persevere to the end.

John Calvin

#57. When you give up, you are giving others control of your destiny.
When you choose not to give up, you take control of your destiny.

Alex Haditaghi

#58. To live, grow, and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lord to increase our faith;45 it must be "working through charity," abounding in hope, and rooted in the faith of the Church.46 (2089, 1037, 2016, 2573, 2849)

The Catholic Church

#59. Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.

Jason Kilar

#60. Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don't become peaceful, then accept that also. This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.

Ajahn Chah

#61. You always need to work hard. You always need to be willing to work hard. Not everything will be hard, but you should, at the very least, be willing to work hard.

Tom Giaquinto

#62. Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

Dascha Polanco

#63. To stiffen into stone, to persevere!
We long forever for the right to stay.
But all that stays with us is fear,
And we shall never rest upon our way.

Hermann Hesse

#64. To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.

Karen Thompson Walker

#65. I do think that there is a profound reservoir of creativity and imagination in everyone I've ever met, and sometimes if someone is persistent and perversely obstinate enough to persevere, then they want to be helped. There is a way to help them.

Philip Schultz

#66. Aim at perfection in everything?, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. - Chesterfield.

Orison Swett Marden

#67. Sometimes, before you make any plans or resolutions, before you declare your heroic intent to persevere, you just have to cry.

Jaclyn Dolamore

#68. It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#69. And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling.

Micky Arison

#70. Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.

Mary Pierce

#71. The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts.

Liya Kebede

#72. Persevere in labors that lead to salvation. Always be busy in spiritual actions. In this way, no matter how often the enemy of our souls approaches, no matter how many times he may try to come near us, he'll find our hearts closed and armed against him.

Cyprian

#73. My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

Yanni

#74. Work hard, persevere and help without hesitation to become an Asset instead of Liability.

Edwin Calingasan

#75. If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.

P.D. James

#76. there is no bigger destroyer of creative potential than the misguided decision to persevere.

Eric Ries

#77. We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

Philip Neri

#78. I never went to college. But the structure I grew up with was planted so deep that when it came to doing business, I knew how to be disciplined, create teamwork, and persevere. It set me up to be an entrepreneur and a successful franchiser.

Anne F. Beiler

#79. The thing that I think was very brave of my younger self was that he decided he would be an idiot. Just persevere. That feels brave to me: deciding that I'm going to damn well be this person that I've set my heart on being.

Salman Rushdie

#80. Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.

Thomas A Kempis

#81. To dream doesn't cost you much, so dream.
To hope doesn't cost you much, so hope.
To yearn doesn't cost you much, so yearn;
but to succeed costs you everything, so persevere.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#82. Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere.

Ameen Rihani

#83. People that fel alone or outcast that hurt, kids that feel bullied or lost, remember that you have a voice and you should use that voice to survive and persevere.

Christina Aguilera

#84. Mother Ganges teaches us that if we want to attain the sea of our aspiration, we must persevere in our goal and never be discouraged by the inevitable obstacles that come on our path.

Radhanath Swami

#85. This is a setback. You get back up, you dust yourself off, and you get back in the game. We had a great singer named Ray Charles who wrote a song called 'Drowning in My Tears.' You can't afford to drown in your tears. You gotta go back, rededicate yourself, redouble your efforts, and persevere.

Don King

#86. It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.

Steve Lacy

#87. There are always periodic opportunities to give up, while every single moment is an opportunity to persevere.

Dean F. Wilson

#88. In this week I see such a picture of life, hard and joyful pressed up together and sleeping in the same bed. They come knit together. The lines of pain run through the joy and remind us to go all in, because life is short. The joy edges the pain and gives us a reason to rise.

Anna White

#89. Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances - it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

Elizabeth George

#90. Many things in life are difficult," said Reven, choosing his words carefully. "But to those who persevere, all things are possible.

Sage Blackwood

#91. If you persevere until death in true devotion to Mary, your salvation is certain. - ST. ALPHONSUS.

Various

#92. Hope is the one positive force to help us persevere during our darkest storms. Jesus gives us hope when He walks beside us through the fiery furnace and helps us rise above adversity.

Dana Arcuri

#93. What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Winston S. Churchill

#94. To begin this Practice is easy. To persevere is difficult.

Nichiren

#95. The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the natural fruits of man's depraved and frail free will.

William Jenkyn

#96. In marriage, those who persevere are rewarded with the most precious thing this earth has to offer: Marital love
a partnership that conquers the years. It takes time, but those who persevere are rewarded with, falling in love with their spouse.
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Michael Ben Zehabe

#97. To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.

Josemaria Escriva

#98. I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals.

Diego Della Valle

#99. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Euripides

#100. One must exploit the asynchronies that have befallen one, link them to a promising issue or domain, reframe frustrations as opportunities, and, above all, persevere.

Howard Gardner