Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last in it, and not be smashed by it.
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American Author, Journalist, Short Story Writer
In soloing—as in other activities—it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
—Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) American Aviator
Never stop. One always stops as soon as something is about to happen.
—Peter Brook (1925–2022) English Theatre and Film Director
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘press on’ has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race.
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American Head of State, Lawyer
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’re signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not touch, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
—Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786–1845) British Philanthropist, Abolitionist
Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence more than talents and accomplishments.
—Edwin Percy Whipple (1819–86) American Literary Critic
It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
Perseverance, dear my lord, keeps honor bright. To have none, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
I am not concerned that you have fallen—I am concerned that you arise.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
The race is not [always] to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
All’s well that ends well.
—Common Proverb
There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
Let us only suffer any person to tell us his story, morning and evening, but for one twelve-month, and he will become our master.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Perseverance and audacity generally win.
—Dorothee Luzy Dotinville (1747–1830) French Dancer, Actress
You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn’t enough, in the second half you give what’s left.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
I argue not against heaven’s hand or will, nor bate a jot of heart or hope, but still bear up, and steer right onward.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.
—Pietro Aretino (1492–1556) Italian Poet, Dramatist, Satirist
Like ships, men flounder time and time again.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
It’s the steady, constant driving to the goal for which you’re striving, not the speed with which you travel, that will make your victory sure.
—Unknown
The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
—A. E. Housman (1859–1936) English Poet, Classical Scholar
If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.
—Frank Lane (1896–1981) American Sportsperson, Businessperson
Whoever perseveres will be crowned.
—Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) German Critic, Poet, Philosopher
Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits.
—Robert Brault
There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
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