Perseverance Quotes
Perseverance is staying in the game after the excitement fades. It is the long obedience that turns early effort into real results. Perseverance quotes matter because they tell the truth about the middle: the part after the launch, before the payoff, where most people quit. Resilience lives here. It is not dramatic. It is disciplined endurance over time. You do not need perfect conditions. You need repeated effort.
"The busy person is the one who has the most time for what is necessary."
"It’s just like riding a bike. After a little wobbling, it’s a piece of cake. But when it comes to money, it’s the determination to get through the wobbling that’s a personal thing."
Website: Wikiquote - Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!)
"Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone."
"If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart."
"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion."
"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age."
"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."
"Always I will take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I will persist until I succeed. Ch. 10 : The Scroll Marked III, p. 65."
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
"You have to be willing to sacrifice the short-term for the long-term."
"It’s better to do something badly than to not do it at all."
"Freedom is the only warrant for the persistence of the human spirit."
"Patience and perseverance, if we have them, overcome mountains."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"Every Monday is a new opportunity to commit to the long-term vision."
"The most important part of education is right training in the nursery."
"If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence."
"Character is the only thing we'll take with us into the next world."
Book: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court
"The test is not a complex one: just keep going."
"The truth is a bedrock that you can build a house on."
"The death of dogma is the birth of morality."
"Through our failure we shall learn."
"I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within."
"Mental toughness is the ability to keep your head when everything around you is falling apart."
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be governed by evil men."
"Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness."
"You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
Book: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
"In the face of suffering, the best response is the adoption of the responsibility of the hero."
"Inaugurate a way of thinking that is not easily shaken by the storms of life."
"To lose patience is to lose the battle."
"The path is not in the sky. The path is in the heart."
Why these quotes matter
Perseverance protects your progress when progress is slow. It keeps momentum alive during the flat part of the curve.
How to apply them daily
Break big goals into weekly inputs and track only those inputs. When motivation drops, reduce the task but keep the streak. Use milestones to prove you are moving even when results are delayed.
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"Perseverance is not heroic. It is ordinary effort repeated long enough to matter."
