Quotes about Perseverance
The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming.
— Maya Angelou
Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.
— Maya Angelou
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.
— Maya Angelou
You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.
— Maya Angelou
You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
— Maya Angelou
Sometimes you have to just go for what you want. Take the risk in order to get the reward.
— Melody Carlson
Don't worry about how bad things look right now. It's all going to fall into place. You'll see.
— Melody Carlson
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
— Mia Hamm
A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.
— Mia Hamm
I have failed over and over gain in my life and that is why I succeed.
— Michael Jordan
I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
— Michael Jordan