Perseverance Quotes

Every great achievement required someone who refused to quit. These quotes tell that story.

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"To persevere is to overcome."
Pericles
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"The movement of the spheres teaches that even the greatest forces operate in patterns."
Hipparchus
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"The heavens reward the persistent with revelation, but only after testing their resolve."
Hipparchus
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"Perseverance is not blind determination but intelligent persistence toward worthy ends."
Pericles
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"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence."
Xenophon
X
"In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
Xenophon
X
"The only real failure is giving up."
Xenophon
H
"What medicines do not heal, the knife will; what the knife does not heal, the cautery will; what the cautery does not heal, it must be considered incurable."
Hippocrates
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"The scholar's journey never ends, but every step brings light to darkness."
Eratosthenes
T
"In a calm sea, every man is a pilot, but in a storm we discover who the real sailors are."
Thucydides
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"The only true failure is the failure to try."
Thucydides
H
"The universe does not reveal its secrets to the lazy or the proud."
Hipparchus
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"To fail while pursuing excellence is more honorable than to succeed by accident."
Pericles
A
"To be first is often to be wrong; to persist is always to risk being mocked."
Aristarchus
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"To be misunderstood is the price paid by those ahead of their time."
Aristarchus
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"The path to excellence is paved with small, consistent efforts."
Xenophon
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"In every failure lies the seed of future success."
Xenophon
T
"The greatest glory belongs to those who endure hardship."
Thucydides
T
"Success belongs to those who refuse to accept defeat."
Thucydides
T
"Those who endure to the end shall see victory."
Thucydides
G
"The physician who stops learning stops healing."
Galen
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"The wealth of the poor is their patience"
Herodotus
E
"Every calculation rejected brings you closer to the calculation that is true."
Eratosthenes
H
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Hippocrates
H
"That which is used develops; that which is not used wastes away."
Hippocrates
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"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends."
Pindar
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"Even the gods smile upon those who strive."
Pindar
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"Abundance flows from discipline."
Pindar
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"Great souls are forged in the fire of adversity."
Pindar
H
"Errors in observation are the stepping stones to greater understanding."
Hipparchus