Famous aphorisms about persistence (131 items)

1. Failure to be determined will ultimately lead to no success. ——Zhu Xi Translation

2. To learn, one must be firm and persistent. If one is not firm, one will become weak; if one is not firm, one will retreat. ——Feng Zixian

3. When you are in a village, you must follow your own path; when you are in a humble place, you must not change your ways. ——Zhang Jiuling

4. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

5. Mount Tai does not allow soil, so it can become as big as it is; rivers and seas do not accept small streams, so it can become as deep as possible. ——Li Si Translation

6. Wealth and honor cannot be licentious, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot bend. ——Mencius Translation

7. As long as you continue to work hard and strive unremittingly, there is nothing that cannot be conquered. ——Seneca

8. If there is a will, things will come true. If the cauldron sinks the boat, a hundred and two Qin passes will eventually belong to Chu; if you work hard, God will not let you down; if you lie on the salary and taste the courage, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu. ——Pu Songling Translation

9. If you row against the current with all your strength, you will be able to retreat a thousand feet away with a pole of pine. ——Dong Biwu

10. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. ——Translated by Xunzi

11. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to a person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and disturb his actions, so he is tempted. Endurance can help you gain what you can't. ——Meng Ke

12. The tree of patience bears golden fruit.

13. Perseverance is eternal enjoyment. —— Blake

14. If you climb a mountain, climb to the bottom. If you fall, you will fall into the abyss.

15. It is often the last key that opens the door. ——Qian Xuesen

16. Persevering in a great cause requires an unswerving spirit. ——Voltaire

17. Having a firm will is equivalent to adding a pair of wings to your feet. —— Joe Bailey

18. The only power I have to achieve my goals is my persistence. ——Pasteur

19. Things stand up but fall into disrepair, and things spin away before they are accomplished. ——Su Xun Translation

20. A rope can cut through wood, and a drop of water can cut through a stone. Work hard and skillfully, and persist in the protracted battle. ——Guo Moruo

21. Although patience and persistence are painful things, they can gradually bring you benefits. ——Ovid

22. The most important reason why I can succeed in science is my love for science and my persistence in long-term exploration. ——Darwin

23. The rope cuts the wood, and the water drops penetrate the stone.

24. All new things are always like this at the beginning. There are many enthusiastic people at first, but soon they become indifferent and stop doing it, because they have understood that without a lot of hard work, there will be no success. Those who can't do it, but only those who want to, can endure this pain. ——Dostoyevsky

25. Without great willpower, it is impossible to have great talent and strategy. ——Balzac

26. Without experiencing wind and rain, a tree cannot grow; without being tempered, it is difficult to become steel.

27. You must watch the sunrise until dawn.

28. Careers are often made by perseverance and destroyed by impatience. ——Sadie

29. Life is just like a marathon. Only those who persist to the end can be called winners. ——Daisaku Ikeda

30. Start doing something calmly, but once you start, stick to it. ——Beas

31. Great works are completed not by strength, but by persistence. ——Johnson

32. Don’t lose confidence, as long as you persevere, you will eventually get results. ——Qian Xuesen

33. Let me tell you the secret that enables me to achieve my goals. My only strength is my persistence. ——Pasteur

34. What the world lacks is perseverance, not strength. ——Hugo

35. Everything is created by human will. ——Platus

36. Perseverance will not break the rotten wood. With perseverance, gold and stone can be carved. ——Xun Kuang

37. The ancients spared no efforts in learning, and only when they are young can they become mature. ——Lu You Translation

38. Learning must be firm and persistent. If you are not firm, you will be weak. If you are not persistent, you will retreat. ——Feng Zixian

39. Everyone should stick to the path he has opened for himself, and should not be intimidated by authority, not constrained by current opinions, and not be confused by fashion. ——Goethe

40. Determined to be strong but not sharp, success is long-lasting but not quick. ——Zhang Xiaoxiang Translation

41. A determined person will find his way.

42. A strong will will defeat bad luck.

43. You should develop confidence in yourself and your own strength. This confidence is gained by overcoming obstacles, cultivating will and exercising will. ——Gorky

44. Only strong people have divine will, and only those who fight can win. ——Goethe

45. Life is like an ocean. Only those with strong will can reach the other shore. ——Marx

46. How can plum blossoms smell so fragrant without a chill to the bone?

47. Whoever has the will to endure untold hardships can achieve any goal. ——Menander

48. When you are poor, you never forget the Tao, and when you are old, you can learn.

——Su Shi Translation

49. As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle.

50. Only perseverance can make us successful, and the source of perseverance lies in being unswerving and resolutely taking the means needed to achieve success. ——Chernyshevsky 51. Those who persevere can fight in the storm of fate.

52. With perseverance, gold and stone can be carved.

53. A camel walks slowly, but it will eventually reach its destination.

54. Those who persistently pursue and get the greatest happiness from it are the successful ones. ——Thoreau

55. Although the ax is small, it can finally chop down the hardest oak tree after many chops.

56. Talent is long-term perseverance.

57. Success ultimately belongs to those who wait patiently.

58. Patience and perseverance will always be rewarded. ——Einstein

59. The secret of success is to never change the established goal.

60. Ambition and perseverance are the wings of a career.

61. Tenacious perseverance can overcome any obstacle.

62. People who have experienced vicissitudes of life will not be easily discouraged.

63. Perseverance is the best assistant of will.

64. It is not enough to take steps towards the ultimate goal that you will finally reach one day. You must also regard each step as a goal and make it work as a step. ——Goethe

65. In the duel between hope and disappointment, if you hold it tightly with courage and determination, victory will belong to hope. ——Pliny

66. Persistence is to courage, just like a wheel to a lever, it is the eternal renewal of the fulcrum. ——Hugo

67. A trickle of water can eventually wear away a boulder, not because of its power, but because of its constant dripping day and night. ——Beethoven

68. The eternity of science lies in its unremitting pursuit. Science is inexhaustible in terms of its capacity, and is always unattainable in terms of its goals. ——Karl von Burr

69. Don’t be downcast. Even if you lose everything, you still have a future. ——Oscar Wilde

70. We should have perseverance, especially self-confidence! We must believe that our gifts are meant to be used for something. ——Marie Curie

71. I have two loyal assistants, one is my patience, and the other is my hands. ——Montaigne

72. No matter when or what situation I encounter, I will never allow myself to be a little discouraged. ——Edison

73. If you don’t memorize books, you can memorize them if you read them carefully. ——Zhu Xi Translation

74. The goal of will does not exist in nature, but is contained in life.

75. As long as you have a strong willpower, you will naturally have ability, cleverness and knowledge. ——Dostoyevsky

76. There are not many people who can remain unmoved, adhere to the right views, and survive the difficulties. ——Hugo

77. The human will supported by indomitable beliefs is more powerful than those seemingly invincible material forces. ——Einstein

78. The emergence of will is not the denial of wishes, but the merging and elevating of wishes to a higher level of consciousness. ——Rollo May

79. The intensity of pain is directly proportional to the will and rigidity given to humans by nature. ——Musha Koji Shietsu

80. No manpower can ever defeat a determined and strong hope. ——Kingsley

81. To succeed in this world, you must persist to the end: never let go until death. ——Voltaire

82. As long as a person pursues strongly and persistently, he can achieve his goal. ——Stendhal

83. As long as you persevere and enrich your knowledge, you will eventually discover its secrets. —— Yang Zhenning

84. Success is often the last minute guest.

85. One of the great advantages of outstanding people is their perseverance in adverse and difficult encounters. ——Beethoven

86. Learning requires hard work, perseverance, and accumulation over time. ——Wu Yuzhang

87. To achieve perseverance, the most important thing is to persist to the end. ——Dostoyevsky

88. Success does not depend on the size of your strength, but on how long you can persist. ——Johnson

89. To a large extent, success means persisting when others give up. ——William Taylor

90. You need to try your best in everything. Those who give up halfway will never achieve anything. ——Shakespeare

91. When a person does something, of course he must think carefully before doing it; but after the plan or policy has been set, he must determine the goal and move forward, and there must be no more hesitation. It’s a perseverance attitude. ——Zou Taofen

92. If you walk every day, you are not afraid of thousands of miles; if you do it often, you are not afraid of thousands of things. ——Jin Ying

93. It is not strength that creates a great cause, but persistence.

——Johnson

94. To learn, it is like digging a well. The deeper the well, the harder it is to get out. If you are not willing to go to the end, how can you see the source of the spring? ——Zhang Jiugong

95. I can accept failure, but I cannot accept giving up! ——Michael Jordan

96. In the face of will, nothing is impossible. - John Heywood

97. One penny a day, ten penny a day. The rope cut off the wood, and the water dripped through the stone. ——Ban Gu Translation

98. The most terrifying enemy is the lack of strong belief. ——Romain Rolland

99. Perseverance when achieving results is more important than perseverance when suffering defeat. ——Larochevko

100. The successful person is always the one who does more than his opponent and persists to the end. ——Chen Anzhi 101. Once you have established a goal, you must persist to the end. If you do not succeed in the struggle, you will die in the struggle. With qualities like these, you can accomplish anything in the world. ——Webber Buxton

102. In the process of struggle, you will often encounter setbacks. Only by persevering to the end can you achieve final success. ——Suler

103. There is no secret to success. If there is one, there are two: the first is to persist to the end and never give up; the second is to give up when you want to When the time comes, look back at the first tip, stick to it and never give up. ——Winston Churchill

104. Once you have identified a road, don’t ask how long it will take. ——Lu Sihao

105. As long as you are willing to take the road to the future, Qingshan will make concessions for you. I'm afraid that if you stop moving forward, you will be ruined forever.

106. Persistence means persisting when you can’t continue.

107. Fight until you are powerless and persist until you are moved.

108. Today will be cruel, tomorrow will be even crueler, and the day after tomorrow will be wonderful, but most people will die tomorrow night. ——Jack Ma

109. Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing. Nothing in the world is easy except for careless people. ——Yuan Mei Translation

110. Perseverance when achieving success is more important than tenacity when suffering failure. ——Larochevko

111. If the heart does not move, the wind will do nothing. Persistence is an attitude. ——Liu Xuguo

112. All those who know how to persevere should be compensated. ——The Return of the World

113. Those who insist on the truth are great. ——Hugo

114. When others let go, he still persists; when others retreat, he still presses forward; every time he falls, he stands up immediately. This kind of person must have never failed. ——Hugo

115. As long as you adhere to positive ideals, you can have the courage to fight. ——Schuler

116. Keep your original intention and never change. ——Su Shi Translation

117. If the water flows slowly, it can penetrate the stone. ——Zhai Hao

118. Go your own way and let others tell you! ——Dante

119. The secret of success is persistence towards the goal. ——Disraeli

120. The best way out is always to move forward and complete the journey. ——Robert Frost

121. The world is far away, but there is still time to crack the whip. ——Yuan Mei Translation

122. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——Xunzi

123. It is not difficult to know, but difficult to do; it is not difficult to do, but difficult in the end. ——Wu Jing

124. If you want to be a successful host, there are only two words: persistence. ——Sa Beining

125. Many people achieve victory and success because they persist until the last five minutes.

126. As long as I can still paddle, I will not be drowned. As long as I can still stand, I will not fall. ——Defoe

127. Now that I have set foot on this road, nothing should prevent me from walking along this road. ——Kant

128. Persisting to the end and never giving up is the guarantee of success. As long as you don't give up, you have a chance. As long as you give up, he will definitely not succeed. ——Chen Anzhi

129. The eternity of science lies in its unremitting pursuit. Science will never be exhausted in terms of its capacity, and will never be reached in terms of its goals. ——Karl von Burr

130. Once you choose the path of life, you must bravely go to the end and never look back. ——Zola

131. Even if you encounter an unfortunate disaster, never give up what you have started.