I don't think there is any other quality
so essential to success of any kind
as the quality of perseverance.
It overcomes almost everything,
including nature.
-John D. Rockefeller

What can a man not accomplish
if he will but master
the secret of steadfast perseverance.
-Alice H. Rice

Even a woodpecker owes his success
to the fact that he uses his head
and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts.
-Coleman Cox

Perseverance is an active patience,
a patience that marches on.
-Mirra Alfassa, "The Mother"

Tis perseverance that prevails.
-Thomas Fuller

Persistence prevails,
like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders
and then collects force enough to flow onward.
-Vernon Howard

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins -
not through strength but by perseverance.
-H. Jackson Browne

One of the simplest things about all the facts of life
is that to get where you want to go,
you must keep on keeping on.
-Norman Vincent Peale

Perseverance is not a long race;
it is many short races one after another.
-Walter Elliott

One may go a long way
after one is tired.
-French Proverb

When you feel like giving up,
remember why you held on so long in the first place.
-Anonymous

I may not be there yet,
but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
-Anonymous

The will to persevere
is often the difference
between failure and success.
-David Sarnoff

Success depends on staying power.
-James R. Miller

We conquer by continuing.
-George Matheson

The man who persists in knocking
will succeed in entering.
-Moses Ibn Ezra

Perseverance, my dear Lord,
keeps honor bright.
-William Shakespeare

One has to persevere until the light conquers.
-Aurobindo Ghose