CURATED COLLECTION

Staying Persistent

Most things worth doing require more patience than inspiration — on keeping going when it's hard.

50 quotes found

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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

—OvidPoet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Patience obtains all things.

—Teresa of ÁvilaMystic & Reformer

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference.

—Wangari MaathaiActivist

Contemporary ERA • East Africa

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Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Nothing in life is given, you have to work for it. I’m not afraid of hard work.

—Naomi CampbellAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

—Muhammad AliBoxer & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking a day off. Why should I?

—Bob MarleyMusician

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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It's not about being fearless, but doing it scared anyway.

—Bozoma Saint JohnAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Better to die going West than live remaining East.

—XuanzangScholar

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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We must not tire. We must not give up. We must find a way.

—Leymah GboweeActivist

Contemporary ERA • West Africa

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the decision that something else is more important.

—Maaza MengisteNovelist, Essayist & King

Digital Age ERA • East Africa

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In the middle of winter, I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.

—Albert CamusNovelist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

—Ousmane SembèneNovelist

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

—Margaret MeadCultural Anthropologist

Post-War ERA • North America

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The path to enlightenment is long and arduous, yet deeply rewarding.

—XuanzangScholar

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

—Ellen Johnson SirleafPolitician & President

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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