Perseverance Quotes

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

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"Perseverance in difficulty is the true test of character."
Comte, Auguste
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"Seize the very first opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain."
James, William
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"Not a few times only but day after day, hour after hour, the human being must repeat the struggle."
James, William
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"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much when his proposals turn out to be wrong as when they turn out to be right."
Dewey, John
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"When all is said and done, the life of action is a life of suffering and of endurance."
Dewey, John
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"The habit of regard must be formed; and the habit can only be formed by discipline."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Perseverance transforms dreams into reality."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Perseverance in the face of oppression is the mark of the truly human."
Marx, Karl
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"Perseverance in the face of opposition reveals true character."
Comte, Auguste
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"Perseverance in pursuing truth separates the serious thinker from the charlatan."
Comte, Auguste
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"I have learned that all the good things in life are achieved through effort."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Perseverance is the silent strength that overcomes all obstacles."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Perseverance is the slow accumulation of small victories."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Out of life's school of war: what does not destroy me, makes me strong."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"The only way out is through."
James, William
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"The proud man counts his steps as he climbs the mountain, but loses count and must start over again."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Quiet perseverance will move mountains."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The capacity of the human body to endure hardship and distance is limited; the capacity of the human will is limitless."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Talent is a matter of attention and practice, and very hard work"
Marx, Karl
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"Perseverance in reform requires faith that human nature is fundamentally improvable through education."
Comte, Auguste
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"Death is not an ending but a transition; our deeds live in society's continued progress."
Comte, Auguste
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"Without struggle there is no progress toward genuine development."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Perseverance is the slow accumulation of small victories."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Perseverance transforms obstacles into opportunities."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Character develops through the struggle against adversity."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Man can overcome any external obstacle or any hostility; what is fatal is internal resistance."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"The only way out is through, with honor and purity of intent."
Kierkegaard, Søren