Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Faced with a mountain, I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over it, find a path through it, tunnel under it, or simply stay and turn it into a gold mine.

Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves . . . But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.