Perseverance Quotes

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

28436 quotes

A
"Things have a life of their own. The only thing that matters is not to abandon them"
Aureliano Buendía
D
"Perseverance is the only victory that matters in the end."
Daniel Sempere
G
"Perseverance is the victory of the determined."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
D
"She stole the bread and went hungry—not for months but for years."
Death
D
"Liesel was not a victim of the war. She was a survivor of it."
Death
M
"Do you know what I think happened? That the universe took a long, hard look at the suffering I endured and decided to return the favor."
Mariam
D
"Even when it was difficult, she read on."
Death
F
"There is dignity in suffering when it is borne with grace."
Fantine
B
"She had to live with what she had done."
Briony Tallis
G
"He had not slept in four years and could not sleep because the insomnia plague had made him immune to sleep."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
C
"He built and rebuilt the same things, seeking some kind of perfection."
Colonel Aureliano Buendía
C
"They called it witchcraft. I called it survival."
Circe
O
"Bitching and moaning never fixed anything."
Ove
E
"The human spirit is more resilient than any weapon."
Etienne
C
"He spent his life creating intricate things, only to destroy them in the end."
Colonel Aureliano Buendía
H
"The only thing worse than a sore foot was a sore foot with no chance of escape."
Hans Hubermann
C
"I have learned that survival itself is a form of power."
Circe
C
"My island was not a prison; it was a kingdom I carved from nothing."
Circe
O
"The world is full of people who have given up."
Ove
M
"Every wall can be crossed if you try hard enough."
Madame Manec
O
"A man can do a lot of things if he just makes up his mind to do them."
Ove
D
"Survival is not always a victory - sometimes it is merely a curse of luck."
Death
G
"He pursued perfection with such dedication that he lost sight of the beauty of imperfection."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
C
"I would not be broken by their cruelty"
Circe
M
"You have to believe you will survive"
Marie-Laure
G
"The persistence of his struggle was more a matter of habit than hope"
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
M
"We must endure."
Madame Manec
G
"He had survived hell itself, only to discover purgatory was far worse."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
D
"She survived by stealing words."
Death
L
"You can't just give up. Is that what you think I should do?"
Liesel Meminger