Perseverance Quotes

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

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"The man who never stumbles never climbs."
Heraclitus
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"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself."
Plato
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"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."
Plato
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"To move from point A to point B, you must first move halfway—and then you are no closer."
Zeno of Elea
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"Infinity cannot be traversed, therefore locomotion is impossible."
Zeno of Elea
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"To traverse a line is to traverse infinity; to traverse infinity is impossible."
Zeno of Elea
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"The mover must first move to the midpoint; before that, to another midpoint ad infinitum."
Zeno of Elea
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"The swiftest runner cannot overtake the slowest in a finite time across infinite space."
Zeno of Elea
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"Nothing is stronger than habit."
Socrates
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"To be as good as our fathers we must be better."
Socrates
"To overcome fear, we must study its causes; most are imaginary, born of ignorance."
Epicurus
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"Perseverance through hardship reveals one's true character."
Elrond
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"Perseverance is the habit of the victorious."
Elrond
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"Every day is a chance to prove yourself."
Timmy
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"Perseverance is doing what matters even when it's hard."
Timmy
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Aristotle
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"Slow and steady wins the race."
Aristotle
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Aristotle
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"But we can work with what we've got."
Hans
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"For the individual, it is impossible to be wholly free from error."
Plato
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"Those who are hardened by poverty are used to surviving against all odds."
Plato
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"I face challenges with a smile."
Timmy
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"I never give up on my dreams."
Timmy
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"I never stop trying."
Timmy
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"Timmy timmy!"
Timmy
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"Never underestimate the power of determination."
Hans
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"We grow stronger through adversity."
Hans
"To persevere is not to never fall, but to rise each time one falls."
Epicurus
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"The dichotomy of motion teaches us that before reaching any destination, we must pass through an infinite number of intermediate points."
Zeno of Elea
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"The runner covers half the distance, then half of the remainder, then half again—forever approaching, never arriving."
Zeno of Elea