Perseverance Quotes

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

28436 quotes

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"I have learned that progress requires sacrifice."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
L
"The war had taken many things from her, but it could not take her will."
Laila
O
"Survival is a privilege."
Offred
J
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."
Jean Valjean
T
"Sacrifice brings understanding."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
O
"One more time"
Offred
M
"That's the point, isn't it? We all have to learn to live with things."
Miss Emily
C
"I may be ugly and I may be poor, but I'm here."
Celie
L
"We endure not because we are weak, but because we are resilient."
Laila
T
"I accept their rejection and go on."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
S
"In reduced circumstances everyone has to make the best of things."
Serena Joy
J
"That's what I been a-doing."
Jim
O
"Survival is not victory"
Offred
T
"I learned to accept the chaos without losing my sense of purpose."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
C
"This life be a hard life. But still I live."
Celie
M
"Suffering is only suffering if it destroys you."
Mariam
C
"I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive."
Celie
J
"That which brings light must endure burning."
Judge Holden
O
"She didn't survive. None of us survived. But that doesn't mean nobody did."
Offred
B
"Regret was a burden that never lightened."
Briony Tallis
M
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Moira
O
"It's taken so much to come this far."
Offred
T
"People can learn to live with anything."
The Narrator (omniscient)
B
"She could not undo what had been done, only carry it forward."
Briony Tallis
G
"They really had been through death, but they had returned."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
G
"He was a man of obsessive dedication."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
G
"He had spent his fortune on hopeless wars."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
M
"She would survive this. She had survived worse."
Mariam
T
"In the end, we're all just trying to survive."
The Narrator (omniscient)
M
"Women like us...we endure."
Mariam