Perseverance Quotes

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

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"The weight of years and of sorrow bent my frame to dissolution."
The Creature
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"But she knew she would have to do the same thing next week, and the week after that, for the rest of her life."
Laila
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"I choose to survive because my children need me."
Laila
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"I am satisfied; my work is nearly complete."
Walton
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"Are you, then, so easily turned from your original purpose?"
Walton
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"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Marcus Aurelius
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"No one has ever lived or can live without stumbling."
Marcus Aurelius
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"She never gave up"
Matilda Wormwood
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"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The obstacle is the way. The path lies through what stands in your path."
Marcus Aurelius
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"I try all things, I achieve what I can; therefore I am content."
Captain Ahab
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"Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Cape of Good Hope, and round by the Norway Maelstrom, and round by the mouth of the Bellstraight, and round by the instant Pole, and round and round the world, and still chase him."
Captain Ahab
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"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip
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"I could not turn or retrace one single step."
Jane Eyre
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"I have been bent and broken, but I hope into a better shape."
Pip
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"I have crossed oceans of time to find this one white whale."
Captain Ahab
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"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip
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"Adversity and trials have purified and strengthened me."
Jane Eyre
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"I have endured trials that have made me strong."
Jane Eyre
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"See what is to be done, and bear up as well as you can."
Mr. Bennet
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"I've fought through a bitter life since then."
Heathcliff
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"Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Cape of Good Hope, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up."
Captain Ahab
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"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip
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"I am perfectly resolved on one point."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run"
Captain Ahab
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"Aye, aye! And I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Cape of the Good Hope, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up"
Captain Ahab
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"I have survived to see this day"
Madame Defarge
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"The way was long, but the heart was willing"
The Narrator
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"I've suffered enough to earn eternal rest."
Heathcliff
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"All my life has been a struggle."
Joe Gargery