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Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill, speech Harrow School 29th October 1941
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. Jack Nicklaus
To bear is to conquer our fate. Thomas Campbell
’Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try again.
If at first you don’t succeed,
Try, try again. William Edward Hickson 1803–1870, Try and Try Again
Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances. Virgil
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Orison Swett Marden
Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin
It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: ‘Sit down and shut up,’ but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out.’ Sarah Palin
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. Napoleon Hill
Diligence and Application have their due Encouragement, even in the remotest Parts of the World, and that no Case can be so low, so despicable, or so empty of Prospect, but that an unwearied Industry will go a great way to deliver us from it, will in time raise the meanest Creature to appear again in the World, and give him a new Case for his Life. Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you have openly set out to do. Mark Twain
Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. Epicurus
To bear is to conquer our fate. Thomas Campbell
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity. Samuel Johnson
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men 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. Calvin Coolidge
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm ... In the real world all rests on perseverance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe