Perseverance Quotes

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

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C
"The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails."
Captain Ahab
P
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip
P
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip
S
"I have always been wandering; I am never steady"
Sydney Carton
J
"I shall endure; I shall not be broken."
Jane Eyre
P
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart"
Pip
C
"Aye, but this wounded whale, he will stay, the wounded whale cannot be far"
Captain Ahab
H
"I cannot pursue my plans during my illness, without assistance."
Heathcliff
H
"There is virtue in any suffering if thou canst acquire it!"
Hester Prynne
J
"I am resolute in maintaining my own principles"
Jane Eyre
P
"Whatever I do, I do it in a dogged way."
Pip
P
"I resolved to become a better man."
Pip
T
"Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers"
The Narrator
T
"His life has been one long struggle against misfortune"
The Narrator
H
"I am not going to suffer unless it be of my own choice."
Heathcliff
H
"I shall not rest until you believe me."
Heathcliff
J
"Sorrow was my companion and she did not abandon me."
Jane Eyre
J
"I have been tried by fire and emerged stronger."
Jane Eyre
H
"I have crossed oceans of time to find you"
Heathcliff
P
"I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape."
Pip
M
"I have had much to contend with."
Miss Havisham
C
"I try all things, I achieve what I can."
Captain Ahab
P
"I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."
Pip
P
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart."
Pip
N
"This feud has worn us all down."
Nelly Dean
S
"There is something in me that will die hard, but it is rising from my ashes"
Sydney Carton
C
"Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the mast and round the world, and all round the world, and keep chasing him still if he dive."
Captain Ahab
P
"I am not what I was before."
Pip
J
"Sorrow can be borne! Look at me—I have borne a heavy share."
Jane Eyre
S
"I shall rest when this work is done"
Sydney Carton