Quotes about Perseverance
People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.
— Mother Teresa
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
— Mother Teresa
There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.
— Muhammad Ali
There live a great man named Joe / who was belittled by a loudmouth foe / While his rival would taunt and tease / Joe silently bore the stings / And then fought like gladiator in the ring
— Muhammad Ali
I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.
— Muhammad Ali
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
— Muhammad Ali
Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
— Muhammad Ali
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
— Muhammad Ali
He who hits and runs away, lives to fight another day.
— Muhammad Ali
You don't have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe.
— Muhammad Ali
You don't lose when you get knocked down. You lose when you stay down.
— Muhammad Ali
As for me, I know no fighter can survive if he feels sorry for himself when he's defeated. When I accept a fight, I accept the consequences. I do everything to make the fight come out my way, but if I'm defeated I have to get up and come back again, no matter how humiliating the loss.
— Muhammad Ali