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"I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done."
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"
"No great thing is created suddenly."
"Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare."
"Becoming is better than being."
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
"The only way to get to the other side is to go through it."
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
"We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced."
"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."
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence."
"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves."
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough."
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up."
"The difference in winning and losing is most often... not quitting."
Source: Biography: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
"If you are tired, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going."
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."
Source: Interview: Smithsonian Institution Oral History Project, 1995
Perseverance matters because it is the primary differentiator between those who dream and those who achieve. Without it, even the most brilliant ideas remain stagnant, as every significant endeavor inevitably encounters resistance that only steady commitment can overcome.
To apply perseverance today, one must break large goals into manageable daily tasks and maintain a consistent routine regardless of emotional state. Focus on the process rather than the immediate outcome, treating each setback as data for improvement rather than a personal indictment.
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"Ultimately, perseverance is the bridge between aspiration and reality, serving as the foundational virtue upon which all other successes are built."