Persistence Motivational Quotes

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."

"Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"Dedication makes dreams come true."

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

"Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you."

"Without hustle, your talent will only get you so far."

"Hustle is the most important word – EVER."

"The best feeling in the world is seeing the benefits and rewards of hard work."

"Never be ashamed of trying. Effortlessness is a myth."

"Set specific, challenging goals. Keep pushing even when progress feels slow. Hunger for more fuels long-term success."

"I always try to improve and score more goals. I want to be the best."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

"It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up."

"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength."

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

"Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success."

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."

"Nothing is given. Everything is earned."

"Dreams are not what you see in your sleep. Dreams are things which do not let you sleep."

"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it."

"If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do."

"The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. It's that simple."

"There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equal as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that is that. I am not talented, I am obsessed."

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."

"Without commitment, you'll never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you'll never finish."

"Winners never quit and quitters never win."

"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."

"I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."

"Hard work, works! Working really hard is what successful people do."

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."

"There are no shortcuts-everything is reps, reps, reps."

"It all depends on what you’re willing to invest time and effort in and put your mind to. That’s what separates winners from losers. Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities."

"Whatever your dream is, every single day you will be faced with challenges, but you have to keep moving forward."

"You just have to keep moving forward. You just have to keep doing something, seizing the next opportunity, staying open to trying something new."

"I think that if you’re passionate about something and you’re driven and you’re focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life."

"The day you think there is no improvement to be made is a sad one for any player."

"I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time."

"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure."

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way."

"Fall down seven times; get up eight."

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

"I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."

"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."

"Endure, my heart, you have endured worse than this."

"The goal is not to be perfect by the end, it’s to be better today."

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"Don’t give up on your dreams just because they’re not happening right now."

"You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little."

"A masterpiece isn’t built overnight. Success comes to those who stay consistent."

"I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that."

"Success is the result of hard work, busting your ass every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts."

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"Every no gets me closer to a yes."

"Failure isn’t the enemy. Giving up is. Mistakes teach. Setbacks sharpen skills."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

"Believe in your dreams, work hard, and never give up; miracles can happen."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"Appreciate hard work and the process of hard work. Because after that’s over and you get the rewards of success, you look back on these moments and you respect those moments the best."

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, and most of all, love of what you are doing."

"Don’t tell me how bad you want it. Show me how bad your hands and feet look after grinding for it!"

"Every week is different for me, so I understand that I have to turn challenges into opportunities, demonstrating that persistence and courage pay off."

"Have goals. And understand that, to achieve these goals, you must apply discipline and consistency…not just on Tuesday and then miss a few days."

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work."

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

"Dreams don't have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you'll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that's great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that's part of the process."

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"You ain’t earned a damn thing yet. Keep suffering."

"Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the easy path to show up. Keep waiting."

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I will try again tomorrow'."

"When you feel like quitting, think about why you started."

"For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together."

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you."

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

"From error to error one discovers the entire truth."

"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"The best view comes after the hardest climb."

"A little progress each day adds up to big results."

"If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal."

"One fails forward toward success."

"Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise."

"Success is what happens after you have survived all your mistakes."

"Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose."

"You're never a loser until you quit trying."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

"Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal."