Quotes About Perseverance

In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

You write to me that it's impossible; the word is not French.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Conquests will come and go but Delambre 's work will endure.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.î

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to possess it.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Education comes from within you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.