Quotes about Perseverance
The night is dark, and I am far from home.
— John Henry Newman
In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
— Amelia Earhart
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.
— Anonymous
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
— Napoleon Hill
Hope says to us constantly, "go on, go on," and leads us to the grave.
— Anonymous
Saints are sinners who kept on going.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't leave before the miracle happens!
— Anonymous
Patient endurance attends to all things.
— Teresa of Avila
He conquers who endures.
— Anonymous
Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
— Abraham Lincoln
The one who cares the most wins. ... That's how I knew I'd end up with everyone else waving the white flags and not me. That's how I knew I'd be the last person standing when it was all over. ... I cared the most.
— Roseanne Barr
I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult, and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.
— Ernest Hemingway