100+ Best Quotes on Perseverance to Inspire Unstoppable Success

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher

“The hard days are what make you stronger.” – Aly Raisman

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” – African Proverb

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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.” – Michael Jordan

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.” – J.K. Rowling

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.” – Napoleon Hill

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas A. Edison

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford

“Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but actually you've been planted.” – Christine Caine

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston S. Churchill

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo

“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

“Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

“Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

“Little by little, a little becomes a lot.” – Japanese Proverb

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.” – James Clear

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – Jim Watkins

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.” – Omar N. Bradley

“To dare greatly is to risk being misunderstood.” – Brené Brown

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings

“Fear is inevitable. Courage is a choice.” – Susan Jeffers

“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” – Megan McArdle

“Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” – Sheryl Sandberg

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” – Brené Brown

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“Your playing small does not serve the world.” – Marianne Williamson

“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott

“You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” – Unknown

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” – Colin Powell

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

“The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.” – Earl Nightingale

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Purpose is the key to perseverance.” – John Maxwell

“Dream big, start small, act now.” – Robin Sharma

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs

“The stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.” – Jim Rohn

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein

“Control your thoughts, or someone else will.” – Sun Tzu

“Mental toughness is essential to success.” – James E. Loehr

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” – Dan Millman

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn

“Stress doesn’t come from what happens. It comes from your thoughts about what happens.” – Epictetus

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan

“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” – Swami Sivananda

“It’s not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Molière

“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting and believes in themselves.” – Napoleon Hill

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” – Harry Golden

“I didn’t practice harder than everybody else—I just practiced longer.” – Vladimir Horowitz

“There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas A. Edison

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill

“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown

“Sweat is the lubricant of success.” – George Bernard Shaw

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep going.” – Ray Croc

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

“Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – David Goggins

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

“Small daily improvements lead to stunning results.” – Robin Sharma

“Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“Move forward even if you’re scared.” – Michelle Obama

“Progress, not perfection.” – Unknown

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“After every storm, the sun will smile.” – Guillaume Apollinaire

“The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before the miracle happens.” – Unknown

“Stars can’t shine without darkness.” – D.H. Sidebottom

“Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” – Rocky Balboa

“The reward for working hard is more work—but the reward for perseverance is legacy.” – Unknown

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s the whole point.” – Haruki Murakami

“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Unknown

“Great things take time.” – Unknown

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan

“The comeback is always stronger than the setback.” – Unknown

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews