Quotes About Perseverance

Don't be discouraged, but know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance brings character, and character brings hope, and this is a hope which will not disappoint us.

I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.

Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision and perseverance to develop their talents.

Perceptions of impossibility are commonly disspelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance.

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

The profile of a wealthy person is this hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline.

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

I would to God that saints would cling to Christ half as earnestly as sinners cling to the devil. If we were as willing to suffer for God as some are to suffer for their lusts, what perseverance and zeal would be seen on all sides!

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand. I am practically industrious - painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour - but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous, intertwined in all my projects, which hurries me out of the common pathways of men, even to the wild sea and unvisited regions I am about to explore.

Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance.

The Kennedys have always represented a certain royal quality, Camelot, and they represent a great deal of integrity and strength and perseverance; faith in the future of America and where we could go. What a tragedy it was that the carpet was pulled out from under our feet.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.

What I love about the East End is that theres a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

You cannot fake effort; talent is great, but perseverance is necessary.

Living your purpose will require a HUGE amount of faith, courage, tenacity and perseverance.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.

I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

I met Jay Jonhson. I won him the way poor people occasionally win the lottery: Shameless perseverance and embarrassingly dumb luck, and every time I see one of those sly, toothless, beaten-down souls on TV holding a winning ticket, I think, Go, team.

In fashion, you have to have perseverance. You have to do it again and again, but it's something that comes out of my heart, and I love it.

The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive tendency to overtip. An uxoriousness that their wives deservedly inspired. More than that, they both lived their lives 'beautifully'--not in any Jamesian sense (where, besides, ferocious solvency would have been a prerequisite), but in the droll fortitude of their perseverance. They got the work done, with style.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Purity, perseverance, and energy- these three I want.

Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it.

It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.

Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

There is a call to spiritual perseverance. A call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated.

Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

The Orenda is a powerful story from history, folklore and the imagination, based on the universality of human cruelty, superstition and perseverance. Wonderful writing.

Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid person.

Brotherhood doesn't come in a package. It is not a commodity to be taken down from the shelf with one hand - it is an accomplishment of soul-searching, prayer and perseverance.

Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline.

The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.