Perseverance Quotes

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

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"The saint is the sinner who did not give up."
Hafiz
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"I have learned to seek gold in the ashes of my sorrow."
Hafiz
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"Setbacks are merely setups for comebacks."
Teresa of Avila
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"Perseverance is not the absence of doubt, but the refusal to surrender to it."
Teresa of Avila
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"The greatest perseverance comes from knowing why you continue."
Teresa of Avila
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"Perseverance is the key that unlocks impossible doors."
Ibn Arabi
"To flee vice is not virtue, but rather it is the beginning of virtue."
Meister Eckhart
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"Perseverance is the art of getting up one more time than you fall down."
Hafiz
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"I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The path to perfection is paved with small acts of daily faithfulness."
Teresa of Avila
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"Our courteous Lord does not want his servants to despair because they fall often and grievously."
Julian of Norwich
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"Blessed is the person who understands the gift of suffering."
Julian of Norwich
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"The man who despairs is nearer to virtue than he who never doubts himself."
Spinoza
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"Every individual thing strives to persevere in its being; this is its right and its essence."
Spinoza
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"Suffering itself is never an end, but when borne with love, it becomes redemptive."
John of the Cross
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"Perseverance in virtue is the mark of a noble soul."
John of the Cross
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"Be faithful in small things because it is by them that your soul is formed."
Mother Teresa
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Mother Teresa
"Perseverance is the silent hero of success."
Meister Eckhart
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"Suffering purifies the spirit when embraced with acceptance and grace"
John of the Cross
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"Perseverance conquers all obstacles."
Pope Francis
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"Never give up in times of trial."
Pope Francis
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"I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"In the crucible of suffering, the soul is refined like gold."
Teresa of Avila
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"Our courteous Lord does not want his servants to despair even if they fall frequently and grievously."
Julian of Norwich
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"Suffering, when borne with love, becomes a pathway to transformation."
Julian of Norwich
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"Everything we do is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less without that drop."
Mother Teresa
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"Faithfulness in small things prepares us for greater works."
Mother Teresa
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"Perseverance in small acts of kindness creates revolution."
Pope Francis