Perseverance Quotes

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

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"I want to be a good poet but a better man."
Seamus Heaney
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"Perseverance is the key to all achievement."
Seamus Heaney
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"The strength of a person is measured by their perseverance."
Padraig Colum
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"Perseverance is the slow accumulation of small victories."
Padraig Colum
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"Perseverance is loving something more than you fear failing at it."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Perseverance is not about never falling; it is about rising again."
Austin Clarke
"Perseverance is simply showing up again when you have fallen."
Patrick Kavanagh
"Those who persevere are not those without obstacles, but those who continue regardless."
Patrick Kavanagh
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"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Christy Brown
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
Christy Brown
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"Strive for progress, not perfection."
Christy Brown
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"Perseverance is not the absence of doubt, but the continuation despite it."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"Perseverance is not about never falling down; it's about always getting back up."
Christy Brown
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"In writing, you must be willing to fail in order to succeed."
Seamus Heaney
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"In the garden of life, patience is both seed and harvest."
Padraig Colum
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"Perseverance is not the absence of doubt but the refusal to surrender to it."
Padraig Colum
"You must make up your mind to a kind of perpetual discontent"
Frank O'Connor
"The only real failure is the failure to try"
Frank O'Connor
"A man is not finished when he is defeated; he is finished when he quits"
Frank O'Connor
"Perseverance is the art of wanting something more than you want rest"
Patrick Kavanagh
"Perseverance is pride refusing to surrender"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"In every struggle lies the seed of transformation."
Austin Clarke
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"Perseverance is simply stubbornness pointed in a meaningful direction."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"The only real failure is the failure to try."
Brendan Behan
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"Perseverance is not about never falling, but refusing to stay fallen."
Austin Clarke
"The persevering man conquers mountains that the talented man avoids"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"Perseverance is the key to overcoming all obstacles."
Sean O'Casey
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"Every obstacle is an opportunity for perseverance."
Sean O'Casey