Perseverance Quotes

Perhaps the most famous perseverance saying is one we’ve all heard: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Our perseverance quotes echo that sentiment. From senators to CEO’s to professional athletes, our perseverance sayings show that success comes with hard work, patience and persistence.

 God protects us not by prohibiting anything bad from happening in our lives, but by giving each and every one of us everything we need to handle anything that happens to us. 
- John E. Welshons, author
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 God broadens the back to bear the burden. 
- Irish proverb
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 In trying times, don't quit trying. 
- from Church Signs: Little Sayings to Help You on Your Way
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 A diamond is a piece of coal that didn't quit under pressure. 
- submitted by Guideposts reader Elly Derr of Auburn, California
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 Every outcome of every challenge should reveal how God supplies the grace to make it through the seemingly impossible. 
- Father Leo Patalinghug
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 People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain. 
- Actor Martin Sheen
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 We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. 
- Authors Ruma Bose and Lou Faust
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 Affirm and continue to affirm, until you believe that, with God's help, you can cope with your difficulty. 
- submitted by Guideposts reader Charles Pantino
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 If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail; you have to be willing to think long term; and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time. 
- Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com
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 You begin to move mountains when you start carrying away small stones. 
- Guideposts reader Doris A. Dillon, Randleman, North Carolina
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 Always remember no matter how many people say no, all you need to find is one single person to say yes. Just one person. 
- Hannah Storm, TV sportscaster
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 Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks. 
- Dottie Walters, Motivational speaker
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 As long as you have faith, you’re willing to try to take another chance. God wants you to amble toward the right spot on the horizon. The idea is that you’re willing to get up and keep moving toward that light. 
- Billy Corgan, musician and songwriter
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 Endings are beginnings—if we allow them to be. 
- Laura Day, Author
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