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