Perseverance Quotes

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

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"Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose."
Joseph Heller
"The struggle is the whole point of being alive."
Philip Roth
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"One cannot direct the wind, but one can adjust the sails."
Norman Mailer
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"The only way to survive is to move forward - never look back."
Norman Mailer
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"What makes you so sure you're going to get out at all?"
J.D. Salinger
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"Confusion has never stopped me."
William S. Burroughs
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"The question is not whether you win or lose but how you play the game."
William S. Burroughs
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"My father beat me, my mother beat me, the teachers beat me"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Never stop searching"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Walking on water wasn't built in a day."
Jack Kerouac
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"Every man has his breaking point; the trick is not to break."
Joseph Heller
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"Perseverance is the key to all doors."
Joseph Heller
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"Never give an inch."
William S. Burroughs
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"Persistence is the key to everything."
William S. Burroughs
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"Perseverance is not about never falling; it's about never staying down."
Norman Mailer
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"The secret's in not giving up."
J.D. Salinger
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"I'm the kind of person who does things the hard way."
J.D. Salinger
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"It really kills me when people give up."
J.D. Salinger
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"The real thing is to just keep going."
J.D. Salinger
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"One day I will be skinny enough"
Allen Ginsberg
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"What we resist persists, what we accept transforms"
Allen Ginsberg
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"A way out is the way you came in."
William S. Burroughs
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"What we resist persists."
William S. Burroughs
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"Perseverance is the path to all victories."
William Carlos Williams
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"Perseverance conquers all obstacles."
William Carlos Williams
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"The only thing to do is dig and die but the task is to grow."
Jack Kerouac
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"The moment you know you're beaten, you've already lost."
Jack Kerouac
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"An artist, a man, a failure must proceed"
e.e. cummings
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"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor"
e.e. cummings
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"The path to success is paved with perseverance."
Hart Crane