Do you think life and the issues in life are impossible to overcome? Well, check out these quotes and proverbs on persistence and perseverance by some of the most successful and great minds of human history.
Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. ~Anonymous
Saints are sinners who kept on going. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Don’t give in to discouragement. If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about people’s opinions. Be obedient to truth. For with humble obedience, you will never be disturbed. ~Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. ~Proverbs 24:16
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ~Abraham Lincoln
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ~Thomas Edison
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. ~Author unknown, in reference to Ecclesiastes 9:11, “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African proverb
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. ~Samuel Johnson
It always seems impossible until it’s done. ~Nelson Mandela
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. ~Napoleon Hill
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. ~Albert Einstein
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. ~Anonymous
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~Walter Elliott
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. ~Anonymous
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert Schuller
He conquers who endures. ~Persius
Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. ~Dale Carnegie
Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. ~Georges-Louis Leclerc
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. ~Abraham Lincoln
There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. ~Anonymous
I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday. ~Anonymous
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