Perseverance Quotes

"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."

— Calvin Coolidge
Former American President

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."

— John Bunyon

"If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good."

— Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."

— George Horace Lorimer

"The characteristic of a genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."

— Dale Carnegie

"Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

— Mark Twain

"Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success."

— Leigh Mitchell Hodges

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

— Benjamin Disraeli

"Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have."

— Woodrow Wilson

"Well begun is half done."

— Aristotle

"Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top."

— Paul Coffey
NHL star

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

— Vince Lombardi

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

— Mario Andretti

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."

— Tommy Lasorda

"Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts."

— Coleman Cox