Perseverance Quotes

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

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"Progress requires sacrifice"
Hari Seldon
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"A man is not measured by his failures but by his will to continue."
Thufir Hawat
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"There is no victory without sacrifice."
Mazer Rackham
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"I'm not asking for much, just a cup of tea."
Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"If you want to keep something, you have to be willing to fight for it."
Tris Prior
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"The price of excellence is isolation."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The challenge of building a new civilization is monumental"
Salvor Hardin
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"We must adapt or perish"
Stilgar
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"Perseverance outlasts all obstacles"
Salvor Hardin
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"I will go on. That's what I have to do."
Ender Wiggin
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"Survival does not require perfection, only will."
Stilgar
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"Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife—chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now it's done.'"
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Survive. Persist. Overcome."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"He was given the choice to stay or leave, and he chose duty."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Crises strengthen the Foundation rather than weaken it"
Hari Seldon
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"I will not lose. I will not lose. I will not lose."
Ender Wiggin
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"Training is one thing, but actual performance under stress is another."
Thufir Hawat
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"I am my scars"
Theon Greyjoy
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"The answer is no, absolutely not, I will not."
Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"I'll win anyway."
Ender Wiggin
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"Survival is the highest law."
Stilgar
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"Survival is the ability to adapt"
Thufir Hawat
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"I have come so far that I cannot go back"
Genly Ai
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"At some point, everything's gonna go south on you and you're going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work."
Mark Watney
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"I'm not dead yet."
Mark Watney
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"I'm going to outlive you all."
Mark Watney
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"Tomorrow we try again."
Mark Watney
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"I'll solve one problem and the next one becomes clear."
Mark Watney
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"I will not accept defeat."
Mark Watney
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"I've had worse days"
Arthur Dent