Perseverance Quotes

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

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"There is no shortcut to understanding; we must follow the chains of reasoning wherever they lead."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Every step in logical reasoning must be justified; we cannot leap over gaps in understanding."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Every step forward in understanding requires a step backward, a return to fundamental questions."
Tarski, Alfred
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"The pursuit of absolute truth is noble even if absolute truth remains forever beyond our grasp."
Gödel, Kurt
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"To be a mathematician is to accept that you will spend your life pursuing problems you may never solve."
Gödel, Kurt
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"Perseverance is not relentless pushing but intelligent persistence with adaptation"
Jackson, Frank
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"Perseverance is the quiet heroism that rarely makes headlines but wins quietly"
Jackson, Frank
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"Perfection in mathematics is an ideal toward which we strive infinitely."
Turing, Alan
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"Perseverance is not about never falling down; it is about getting back up."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Perseverance is the mark of champions."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Perseverance is sustained action in the face of mounting evidence of futility."
Jackson, Frank
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"Perseverance is the quiet rebellion against circumstance."
Jackson, Frank
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"Virtues are trained through habit and practice."
Foot, Philippa
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"Character is built through repeated choices."
Foot, Philippa
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"Moral development is not automatic but requires effort."
Foot, Philippa
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"The strongest predictor of success is the willingness to try and fail repeatedly."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Our limitations often become our greatest strengths."
Jackson, Frank
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"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall"
Wisdom, John
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"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin"
Wisdom, John
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"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going"
Wisdom, John
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"There is nothing impossible to they who will try"
Wisdom, John
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"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones"
Wisdom, John
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"Perseverance is not blind stubbornness; it's strategic persistence."
Dennett, Daniel
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"The virtuous life is not a life without struggle; it is a life where the struggle becomes meaningful."
Foot, Philippa
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"We often fail in virtue not because we do not know what is right, but because we lack the strength of character to do it."
Foot, Philippa
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"The practice of virtue requires habituation; we become what we repeatedly do."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Perseverance is the slow accumulation of small victories."
Davidson, Donald
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"Perseverance is stubbornness married to clarity of purpose."
Wisdom, John
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"Perseverance is the refusal to accept that failing was the final answer."
Wisdom, John
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"The good person is not one who never struggles with evil, but one who continues to pursue the good."
Anscombe, Elizabeth