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Quotes About Perseverance

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
~ Jane Addams
God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.
~ Bayard Rustin
God wants you to have a good life, a life filled with love, joy, peace, and fulfillment. That doesn't mean it will always be easy, but it does mean that it will always be good.
~ Joel Osteen
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
~ Victor Hugo
Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a diver sinks into the sea, he collects pearls and then rises again.
~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail.
~ George W. Bush
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
~ Norman Schwarzkopf
When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.
~ Red Cloud
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
~ Oswald Spengler
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
~ Saint Francis de Sales
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
~ Daisaku Ikeda
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
~ Bernard of Clairvaux
I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.
~ Emmanuel Jal
No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.
~ Winston Churchill
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation.
~ John Owen
Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
~ Christopher Hitchens
Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
All I can say is I look for perpetual conflicts and struggles in this life, and I hope for no other peace, only a cross, while on this side of eternity.
~ George Whitefield
Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.
~ Thomas a Kempis
That the stars are adamant everyone understands— but I won't give up seeking joy on each blue wave or peace below every gray stone.
~ Edith Södergran
Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.
~ Cesar Chavez
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
~ William James