Quotes about Perseverance
I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.
- Nelson Mandela
The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.
- Erwin McManus
Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.
- John Milton
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
- Mother Teresa
A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.
- John Newton
Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
- Carol Burnett
Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.
- Winston Churchill
No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.
- Jim Rohn
The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me.
- Ayn Rand
Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
- Nelson Mandela
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew -
- Francis de Sales