Inspirational persistence quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.
Most Famous Persistence Quotes
Energy and persistence conquer all things. – Benjamin Franklin
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. – Napoleon Hill
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty and persistence. – Colin Powell
Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does. – Walter Murch
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. – Maya Angelou
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. – Bill Bradley
Paralyze resistance with persistence. – Woody Hayes
If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill
Champions keep playing until they get it right. – Billy Jean King
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. – Napoleon Hill
If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. – Ann Landers
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. – Dale Carnegie
To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success. – Anna Pavlova
As long as there’s breath in You – Persist! – Bernard Kelvin Clive
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. – Thomas Carlyle
No great achievement is possible without persistent work. – Bertrand Russell
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. – Bjorn Borg
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. – Calvin Coolidge
Persistence and determination are always rewarded. – Christine Rice
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. – Colin Powell
Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence. – Patrick Lencioni
Talent is nothing without persistence. – Dean Crawford
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. – Elbert Hubbard
You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. – Octavia E. Butler
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. – James A. Michener
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. – James Whitcomb Riley
You’re made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry! – John Lydon
Money grows on the tree of persistence. – Japanese Proverb
The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance – John Di Lemme
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. – Julie Andrews
Slight persistent effort can move you successfully forward in anything you do. – Kelli Wilson
Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. – James Whitcomb Riley
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur
P is for Persistence! Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Wishing will not; Talent will not; Genius will not; Education will not; Persistence is like a Genie that creates a magical force in your life. – Lucas Remmerswaal
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. – Marabel Morgan
Public, noncommercial broadcasting is also giving kids social-emotional skills like persistence and self-control that are fundamental to success in school, not to mention in the military, the institution where I spent most of my career. – Stanley A. McChrystal
If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish. – David Hogg
Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. – Napoleon Hill
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. – Napoleon Hill
It always seems impossible until it is done. – Nelson Mandela
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich
Patience and persistence are the keys… The keys to unlock doors of success… With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience. – Ogwo David Emenike
Success is about persistence. You can only afford to be persistent in something you deeply enjoy. – Cenk Uygur
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone – Pablo Picasso
He conquers who endures. – Persius
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. – Ralph Bunche
Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. – Ray Kroc
To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it. – Richelle E. Goodrich
In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed. – Robert Fanney
When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people. – Kiana Tom
If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent, or genius can make up for it. – Stephen Richards
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas Edison
With persistence, dedication, and especially with the hand of God, I came to be recognized as the best player in the world, world champion, among many other important titles in the history of football. – Rivaldo
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time. – Thomas Edison
Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. – Thomas Carlyle
Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems. – Gever Tulley
With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. – Thomas Foxwell Buxton
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. – Thomas Jefferson
We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are. – Tobias Wolff
All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means… you’re willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else. – Vincent Lombardi
I can’t tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly trying to better myself. I can honestly say that my hard work paid off. My resilience paid off. My persistence paid off. – Michelle McCool
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. – William James
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term. – Bruce Rauner
Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. – Josh Billings
