Persistence is the quality of continuing to pursue something despite obstacles, opposition, or setbacks. It involves having the determination, resilience, and perseverance to keep working towards a goal, even when faced with challenges or difficulties. Persistent individuals demonstrate commitment and resolve, refusing to give up easily in the face of adversity. They are willing to exert sustained effort and remain focused on their objectives until they achieve success.
Persistence Quotes
1. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
— Aristotle
2. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
— Nelson Mandela
3. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
— Thomas A. Edison
4. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
— Albert Einstein
5. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”
— Jim Watkins
6. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
— Benjamin Franklin
7. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”
— Ann Landers
8. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
9. “Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
10. “With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable”
— Thomas Fowell Buxton
11. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
— Billie Jean King
13. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill
14. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”
— Steve Martin
15. “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”
— Thomas Jefferson
16. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
— Pablo Picasso
17. “There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”
— Colin Powell
18. “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”
— Lao Tzu
19. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
— Louis Pasteur
20. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.”
— Calvin Coolidge
21. “The best way out is always through.”
— Robert Frost
22. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
— Thomas A. Edison
23. “We are made to persist. that’s how we find out who we are.”
— Tobias Wolff
24. “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
— Hal Borland
25. “Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
— Napoleon Hill
26. “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”
— Ovid
27. “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
— Elon Musk
28. “Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
— Dale Carnegie
29. “Persistence is self-discipline in action.”
— Brian Tracy
30. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
— Bill Bradley
31. “When life knocks you down you have two choices – stay down or get up.”
— Tom Krause
32. “Focus on the solution, not the problem.”
— Walter Anderson
33. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
— Robert Collier
34. “A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”
— Harvey MacKay
35. “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”
— Winston Churchill
36. “Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
— Malcolm S. Forbes
37. “Lucky is where skill meets persistence.”
— Robin S. Sharma
38. “Nothing can be done except little by little.”
— Charles Baudelaire
39. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill
40. “If we look at those who are the most successful in the world, persistence is the common denominator.”
— Justin Sachs
41. “The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance.”
— John Di Lemme
42. “You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.”
— Mary Kay Ash
43. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
— Christopher Reeve
44. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.”
— Robin S. Sharma
45. “Failure cannot cope with persistence.”
— Napoleon Hill
46. “Little strokes fell great oaks.”
— Benjamin Franklin
47. “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”
— Charles H. Spurgeon
48. “Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
— Calvin Coolidge
49. “Paralyze resistance with persistence.”
— Woody Hayes
50. “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
— Thomas Carlyle
51. “NOBODY CARES. WORK HARDER.”
— QuoteFancy
52. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
— Jimmy Dean
53. “We didn’t come this far just to come this far.”
— Matthew Reilly
54. “All things are difficult before they are easy.”
— Thomas Fuller
55. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
— Albert Einstein
