“To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle.”
“The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.”
“Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.”
“Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
“When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.”
“Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.”
“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?”
“You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.”
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.”
“Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.”
“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.”
“If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.”
“In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.”
“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.”
“I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.”
“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.”
“A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.”
“Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.”
“I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.”
“Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.”
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”
“Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
“The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.”
“Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never -- in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”
“Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged.”
“The most essential factor is persistence -- the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.”
“The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.”
“Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.”