2,087 Quotes About Perseverance

Hard work breeds self-respect.

Persevere even though Hell and destruction should yawn beneath your feet.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

It is the curse of talent that, although it labors with greater steadiness and perseverance than genius, it does not reach its goal, while genius already on the summit of the ideal, gazes laughingly about.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount.

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.