Quotes about Perseverance
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
— Calvin Coolidge
There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: "It is required in stewards that a man may be found faithful." Praise God, it does not say "successful."
— Amy Carmichael
Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.
— Andrew Carnegie
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
— John of the Cross
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.
— George Eliot
I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.
— Corrie Ten Boom
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
— Luis Palau
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
— Alexander Graham Bell
The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.
— William Faulkner
The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
— Frederick Douglass
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?
— Ignatius of Antioch
As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
— Viktor E. Frankl