Persevering Quotes

59 quotes by 54 authors

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests. — Myles Munroe
The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation. — William Godwin
I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening. — Vera Farmiga
I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it… — Paula Radcliffe
I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep… — Jenna Ushkowitz
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity… — Khalil Gibran
Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he… — Jorge Luis Borges
He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons. — P.G. Wodehouse
Though at this moment she felt abused, abandoned, and ashamed of herself, Madeleine knew that she was still young, that she had her whole life… — Jeffrey Eugenides
All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought… — Elihu Burritt
As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering. — Emun Elliott
It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches. — Frederick the Great
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. . . It is the man who carefully… — Alexander Graham Bell
All on a spaceship persevering, use my hands for everything but steering. — Red Hot Chili Peppers
In life there are many challenges but they are there to make us strong and persevering so may succeed in the end — Patric Bensen
Being brave doesn't mean there's an absence of fear, it means persevering through the obstacle, despite that fear being present. — Aaron DeCamp
Let there be no steps backward. A thought as to the manliness of persevering, of the want of manliness in yielding to depression, came to… — Anthony Trollope
But the impressions which themorning makes vanish with its dews, and not even the most persevering mortal canpreserve the memory of its freshness to midday. — Henry David Thoreau

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