Perseverance Quotes for the Toughest Times in Life

Life might be difficult, but if you know how to stay strong, these perseverance quotes from people who have great tenacity can help you. Allow these inspirational quotes about perseverance to speak to your unwavering spirit.

Persistence is trying something despite hardship or a delay in success. Giving up is not perseverance. It is the effort required to start something and see it through to completion, even if it is difficult.

Top 50 Perseverance Quotes for the Toughest Times in Life

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

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

3. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” –  Winston S. Churchill

4. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells

5. “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.” – John C. Maxwell

6. “How long should you try? UNTIL!” – Jim Rohn

7. “Have the courage to start, the perseverance to continue and the kindness to make it all beautiful.” – Maxime Lagacé

8. “Hardships make or break people.” – Margaret Mitchell,

9. “Many of life‘s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison

10. Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

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11. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich

12. “Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli

13. “It’s not how we fall. It’s how we get back up again.” – Patrick Ness

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

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

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

20. “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” – Roy T. Bennett, 

21. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

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22. “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams

23. “Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.” – Leigh Mitchell Hodges

24. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. –  F. Scott Fitzgerald

25. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele

26. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” –  Confucius

27. “Never, never, never give in!” –  Winston S. Churchill

28. “Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” – Louis Pasteur 

29. “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” – Charles Spurgeon

30. “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.” –  Vince Lombardi

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31.  “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi Jr.

32. “Ask yourself this question: ‘Will this matter a year from now?” -Richard Carlson

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

34. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather 

35. “It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.” –  Winston S. Churchill

36. “The difference between the difficult and the impossible is that the impossible takes a little longer time.” – Lady Aberdeen

37. “Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.” –  Marilyn Monroe

38. “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”  – Flavia Weedn

39. “Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” –  Winston S. Churchill

40. “As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.” -Dr. Steve Maraboli

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41. “We will either find a way or make one.” – Hannibal

42.  “It’s always too soon to quit!” – Norman Vincent Peale

43. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” –  Franklin D. Roosevelt

44. “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Andy Warhol

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

46. “A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” – B.F. Skinner

47. “Don’t give up in times of difficulty. Persevere on as there will be an end to these.” – Edward Dunedin

48. “Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.” – Swami Vivekananda

49. “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” – George Edward Woodberry

50. “Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” – James A. Michener

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My favorite and life changing Perseverance Quotesare, “How long should you try? UNTIL!” – Jim Rohn and “Never, never, never give in!” –  Winston S. Churchill

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