Perseverance Quotes

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

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"Perseverance is the virtue of those without power"
Edward Said
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"Conservation requires sacrifice, which is why it is so often neglected in times of plenty."
David Brower
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"Perseverance transforms obstacles into stepping stones."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Perseverance is the companion of all great achievement."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"To honor the dead is to continue their unfinished work."
Aimé Césaire
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"The struggle continues because freedom is never fully achieved."
Aimé Césaire
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"We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and to the future generations of all species to rise to this challenge."
Wangari Maathai
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"The work we do today for the environment will benefit our great-great-grandchildren."
Wangari Maathai
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"The most important thing is to keep moving forward, no matter how difficult the journey."
Wangari Maathai
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"Perseverance is not stubbornness but purposeful determination."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Perseverance is not stubborn persistence but intelligent adaptation."
Slavoj Žižek
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"The struggle itself is the victory."
Aimé Césaire
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"Every struggle contains the seeds of victory."
Aimé Césaire
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"Perseverance separates dreamers from achievers; persistence is the bridge between hope and reality."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Perseverance without reflection is merely stubborn repetition of error."
Slavoj Žižek
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"Bit by bit, we can pull ourselves out of poverty through hard work and determination."
Wangari Maathai
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"I have learned that persistence is more important than perfection."
Wangari Maathai
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"The most important race is the race with ourselves."
Aldo Leopold
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"Perseverance is submission to what cannot be changed."
Giorgio Agamben
"Suffering and pain are part of the native's daily bread."
Frantz Fanon
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"The work of intellectual life is never finished; it must be continually renewed."
Edward Said
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"Perseverance means continuing to create despite all obstacles."
Félix Guattari
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"A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor."
Gilles Deleuze
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"Perseverance is love's practical expression."
Gilles Deleuze
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"We must become comfortable with discomfort to grow."
Slavoj Žižek
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"Perseverance is not determination; it is refined stubbornness."
Slavoj Žižek
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"Perseverance is the practice of hope made habitual."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The scholar must be willing to risk being wrong"
Edward Said
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"Exile is both a wound and a vantage point"
Edward Said
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"The critic must be willing to revise fundamental assumptions"
Edward Said