Quotes about Perseverance
Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
— Anonymous
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
— Teresa of Avila
He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.
— Publilius Syrus
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
— George Eliot
Failure is not in losing, but in no longer believing that winning is worthwhile.
— Anonymous
Keep trying. Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.
— Audrey Hepburn
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
— George Washington Carver
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
— Abraham Lincoln
Faith is necessary to victory.
— William Hazlitt
The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.
— Maria Edgeworth
I myself must mix with action, lest I wither by despair.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson