As the nation slowly reopens, people juggle their mixed emotions. Change can be scary, especially without a clear direction to follow or guaranteed hope for the future. But certainly, if you are reading this, you are alive. You have the ability to endure change and make strides towards better days. You’ve made it this far, just keep going. Here are 20 quotes to help you persevere.
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful one is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs
- “Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “The key to success is action and the essential in action is perseverance.” – Sun Yat Sen
- “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
- “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” – Calvin Coolidge
- “In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm…in the real world all rests on perseverance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “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 Weeden
- “What this power is I cannot day, all I know is that it exists, and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.” – Alexander Graham Bell
- “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
- “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
- “Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
- “The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.” – Ryan Holiday
- “The further the reward from the effort, the thinner the competition. Patience is the gatekeeper.” – Johnny Uzan
- “Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” – James A. Michener
- “Going on one more round, when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the difference in your life.” – Sylvester Stallone
- “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
- “Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear, and obstacles vanish into air.” – John Quincy Adams
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
