Reaffirm your resolve with quotes that highlight the fleeting nature of setbacks and the power of persistence.
The journey of life is often paved with obstacles and challenges, and the temptation to give up can be overwhelming. However, it’s in these moments of doubt and difficulty that the power of perseverance shines the brightest. Failure, while tough to endure, is a common experience that everyone faces. The key is to remember that setbacks are only temporary, and often, they’re just a stepping stone to greater achievements.
Here are 35 inspiring quotes to help you push through those moments when giving up seems like the easiest option. Let these words of wisdom remind you that persistence can lead to success and that giving up is never the final option.
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher, American author and artist
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein (1879-1955), physicist and developer of the theory of relativity
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison (1874-1931), inventor of the light bulb
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford (1863-1947), founder of Ford Motor Company
“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 (1904-1990), American psychologist
“Ask yourself this question: ‘Will this matter a year from now?’” – Richard Carlson, American psychotherapist and author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
“What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you’d be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?” – Karen Salmansohn, best-selling self-help author
“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, speaker and author
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier (1885-1950), American self-help author
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius (551-479 BC), philosopher
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), American author
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich (1943- ), American politician, historian, and author
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews (1935- ), English film and stage actress
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British politician and writer
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather (1889-1981), American author
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), world-renowned author and speaker
“Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.” – Leigh Mitchell Hodges (1876-1954), journalist and poet
“We will either find a way or make one.” – Hannibal (247-182 BC), Carthaginian General
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African anti-apartheid leader
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
“A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” – George M. Moore Jr. (1862-1940), Member U.S. House of Representatives
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby (1937- ), comedian and actor
“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” – George Edward Woodberry (1855-1930), American poet
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you … never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American abolitionist and author
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius (551-479 BC), philosopher
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth (1895-1948), baseball legend
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” – James A. Michener (1907-1997), American author
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot (1888-1958), Scottish politician
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” – Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983), American journalist and author
“Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” – Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), scientist and inventor of the pasteurization process
“I was taught the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.” – Marie Curie (1867-1934), French physicist and two-time Nobel Prize winner
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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