Perseverance Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old perseverance quotes, perseverance sayings, and perseverance proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The difference between and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. Henry Ward Beecher
Austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the least of us and rarely fails of its purpose for its silent power grows irreversibly greater with time. Goethe
Now, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Churchill
Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls. E.L. Magoon
Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. J. Andrews
Persistent men begin their success where others end in failure. Edward Eggleston
Great works need no great strength, but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson
Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence more than talents and accomplishments. Henry Whipple
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Walter Elliott
The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory. Ted Engstrom
In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. John Quincy Adams
By perseverance, the snail reached the ark. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Perseverance is a Roman virtue, that wins each godlike act, and plucks success even from the spear-proof crest of rugged danger. Havard
The falling drops, at last, will wear the stone. Lucretius
Great effects come of industry and perseverance; for audacity that almost binds and mate the weaker sort of minds. Bacon
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance, and make a seeming impossibility give way. Jeremy Collier
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years. Tennyson
Hard pounding gentlemen; but we will see who can pound the longest. Wellington at Waterloo
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders— these are the masters of victory. Burke Wilkinson