Perseverance Quotes

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

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G
"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."
Germaine Greer
A
"Memory is a form of resistance when all else fails."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"To survive is to resist; to resist is to create meaning."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
Gloria Steinem
G
"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it."
Gloria Steinem
b
"We cannot demand that others change if we refuse to"
bell hooks
b
"Perseverance is love applied to our goals"
bell hooks
b
"We become who we are through practice"
bell hooks
B
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
Betty Friedan
A
"The pursuit of justice requires persistence."
Angela Y. Davis
K
"The work of understanding intersectionality is never finished—it requires constant attention."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"The struggle for intersectional justice is urgent and it is ongoing."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
b
"Perseverance is a practice, not a personality trait."
bell hooks
A
"The work of liberation is never finished; it requires constant vigilance."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"Perfectionism is the enemy of progress and the friend of paralysis."
Gloria Steinem
G
"We are all works in progress; the progress is what matters."
Gloria Steinem
A
"The struggle for freedom and justice is never finished."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The work of freedom requires radical patience."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The path to liberation is long, but we walk it together."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The struggle continues because justice is never fully achieved."
Angela Y. Davis
S
"Perseverance in the face of ridicule and dismissal is a form of courage."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"The perseverance of women under impossible conditions is a testament to human resilience."
Shulamith Firestone
K
"The work of justice is ongoing; it cannot be completed by any single movement."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
A
"Survival itself becomes an act of rebellion for women."
Andrea Dworkin
b
"Perseverance is the art of showing up, again and again, with hope."
bell hooks
B
"Breaking free requires both intellectual courage and practical action."
Betty Friedan
B
"The path to equality is long, but it begins with belief in oneself."
Betty Friedan
"We can require ourselves to do better."
Audre Lorde
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Audre Lorde
"We are meant to do difficult things."
Audre Lorde