Five Fantastic Quotes on Perseverance and Persistence

Never giving up is one of the determinants of success.  It is easy to get discouraged and to want to quit.  However, the payoff for our effort is usually just around the next corner.  If you stop today, you may give up everything you have been working for.  We often need just the tiniest shred of hope to hang onto when these times come.  Today, I am offering this hope in the form of five fantastic quotes on perseverance and persistence from some people that knew what they were talking about.

1.  Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
~Napoleon Hill

Our hard work pays off when we persist and refuse to give up.  Why stop now when you haven’t reaped the full benefit of your effort?

2.  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
~Dale Carnegie

There are so many examples of people that accomplished great things only after they failed numerous times.  Names like Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison come to mind.  Both of these men failed, but never gave up.  As a result, they are heroes of history.  If they had given up, they would have been nobodies.

3.  Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
~John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the USA

If we persist and refuse to give up, then we can overcome just about anything.  This reminds me of the old saying, “Quitters never win and winners never quit”.  I know this one is old and a little tired, but it contains so much truth.

4.  Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up in the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
~H. Ross Perot

We are probably much closer to our goal than we can imagine.  What if you persisted just one more day?  Would that be the day that you realize all you dreamed for?  We have all experienced these days in one way or another.  Think about it.  Every great thing that has happened in our lives happened in one day.  There was the day that we met our spouse, had our children, started our business, got our job, and there will be the day that we accomplish our present goal if we keep on working toward it.

5.  It’s always too soon to quit!
~Norman Vincent Peale

It is not time to give up!  It is time to press on.  It is time to dig deep and find one more ounce of determination.  It is time to make the final push to our goal.  Seek inspiration.  Read these quotes again.  Call that person that always encourages you.  Get some rest.  Take a break, but do not give up!  We will make it.  Our dreams will become reality if we just persist.

Whatever it is that you want to accomplish, I hope it is a big, hairy audacious goal and I hope that you persevere until you achieve it!

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