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Quotes about never giving up, however hard the road. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest perseverance quotes ever written — from Marcus Aurelius, Winston Churchill, Dante Alighieri and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

— Marcus Aurelius

Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.

— Winston Churchill

O human race, born to fly upward, why do you fall by such a little wind?

— Dante Alighieri

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

— Robert Frost

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened.

— Helen Keller

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

— Albert Einstein

Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep your mind even.

— Horace

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.

— Khalil Gibran

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

— Mark Twain

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Where there's a will, there's a way.

— English Proverb

Determination gives you the resolve to keep going no matter what lies ahead.

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

— Nelson Mandela

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

— Confucius

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

— English Proverb

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

— Chinese Proverb

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

— Benjamin Franklin

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Many of life's failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.

— Thomas Edison

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

— Thomas Edison

You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.

— Maya Angelou

Through hardship to the stars.

— Virgil

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

— Rudyard Kipling

The best way out is always through.

— Robert Frost

He that can have patience can have what he will.

— Benjamin Franklin

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

— Victor Hugo

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

— Confucius

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

— Napoleon Hill

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