Quotes about Perseverance

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of 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.

Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.

No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil.

Other Definitions of Adversity Adversity is the touchstone of virtue.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.

I used to think the Lord's Prayer was a short prayer; but as I live longer, and see more of life, I begin to believe there is no such thing as getting through it. If a man, in praying that prayer, were to be stopped by every word until he had thoroughly prayed it, it would take him a lifetime.

Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.

Courageous leaders face unpleasant and even devastating situations with equanimity, then act firmly to bring good from trouble, even if their action is unpopular. Leadership always faces natural human inertia and opposition. But courage follows through with a task until it is done.

No leader lives a day without criticism, and humility will never be more on trial than when criticism comes.