CURATED COLLECTION

Staying Persistent

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

159 quotes found

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Don't shy away from discomfort. Lean into it. It's how we grow.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Every man has his appointed time; it is courage that defines his path.

—BaybarsSultan

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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As long as you are alive, anything is possible.

—Sholem AleichemAuthor

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Through practice, we can change our minds and hearts. Transformation is always possible.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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The future is unwritten, waiting for the brave to dream and act upon it.

—Gioconda BelliPoet & Novelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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True courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

—Daisaku IkedaPhilosopher, Author & Activist

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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It’s okay to be scared. Do it scared.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

—Barack ObamaPresident

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Happiness is not something ready‑made. It comes from your own actions.

—Daisaku IkedaPhilosopher, Author & Activist

Digital Age ERA • East Asia

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

—AristotlePhilosopher & Scientist

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in.

—Winston ChurchillStatesman & Writer

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

—Sholem AleichemAuthor

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

—Oprah WinfreyAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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What is important is not to have been without fault, but to have risen again.

—Friedrich SchillerPoet, Philosopher & Playwright

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Don't give up, please don't give in, though cold burns and fear bites.

—Mario BenedettiNovelist, Poet & Playwright

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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One is not born courageous. One becomes it.

—Simone de BeauvoirExistentialist Philosopher & Feminist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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I don't think there's anything I can't do. I just don't believe that.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

—Rosa ParksActivist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Patience obtains all things.

—Teresa of ÁvilaMystic & Reformer

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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