Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. Josh Billings
Victory belongs to the most persevering. Napoleon Bonaparte
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up. Vince Lombardi
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it. W C Fields
You’ve got to say, ‘I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.’ It’s called perseverance. Lee Iacocca
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. Arnold Bennett
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie
Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel. Mary Kay Ash
The road to success is not to be run upon by seven-leagued boots. Step by step, little by little, bit by bit – that is the way to wealth, that is the way to wisdom, that is the way to glory. Thomas Fowell Buxton
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. Henry Ward Beecher
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth
When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath – or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God’s help! Friedrich von Schiller