2,087 Quotes About Perseverance

No great thing is created suddenly.

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

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Whatever honor there is in giving up, I want no part of.

Endless opportunity is accessible to every man and woman alive. A notebook and a sharpened pencil.

The snow was falling heavily outside. I sat before a blank page for close to ten hours. I refused to get up; instead attempted with great pains to coerce stubborn thoughts from my noodle. Useless it seemed until the 11th hour and then all I'd seen and felt and heard, arrived, and was transcribed effortlessly like the tune of chirping birds.

The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward