Persevering 

1. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.  Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence.  Author Unknown
3. Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.  Calvin Coolidge
4. Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.  Julie Andrews
5. You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.  Lee Iacocca
6. The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.  Dr. Joyce Brothers
7. We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.  Tobias Wolff
8. Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent.  Marilyn vos Savant
9. One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.  Col. Harland Sanders
10. The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.  Napoleon Hill
11. Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.  Author Unknown
12. Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.  Author Unknown
13. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.  Thomas Edison
14. When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.  Harriet Beecher Stowe
15. Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.  Charles F. Kettering
16. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.  Confucius
17. Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.  Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.  Christopher Reeve
19. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.  Dale Carnegie
20. I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has to get down to work.  Pearl Buck
21. If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.  Flavia Weedn
22. It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.  W. Somerset Maugham 
23. Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.  John Quincy Adams
24. Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Overcoming  

1. The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.  Ivy Baker Priest
2. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.  Robert F. Kennedy
3. People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life’s circumstances to push them down and hold them under.  Author Unknown
4. The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy  and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You’ll make the sofa in the end.  Pam Brown
5. To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.  Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. Failure is success if we learn from it.  Malcolm Forbes
7. I started to repeat to myself “If I’m not where I want to be, it’s because I’m not good enough… yet.” Which meant it was up to me.  Sally Field
8. If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.  Mary Pickford
9. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twentysix times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve fouler over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.  Michael Jordan
10. If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.  Flavia Weedn
11. Fall seven times, stand up eight.  Japanese Proverb
12. A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.  Unknown
13. Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying I will try again tomorrow.  Mary Anne Radmacher
14. When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
    When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
    When the funds are low and the debts are high
    And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
    When care is pressing you down a bit,
    Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
    Life is queer with its twists and turns,
    As every one of us sometimes learns,
    And many a failure turns about
    When he might have won had he stuck it out;
    Don’t give up though the pace seems slow
    You may succeed with another blow,
    Success is failure turned inside out
    The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
    And you never can tell how close you are,
    It may be near when it seems so far;
    So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
    It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.  Unknown
15. Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.  Unknown
16. Winners lose more than losers. They win and lose more than losers, because they stay in the game.  Terry Paulson
17. Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.  Lloyd Jones
18. Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.  Hugh Miller
19. Instead of giving myself reasons why I can’t, I give myself reasons why I can.  Author Unknown
20. It is by tiny steps that we ascend the stars.
     Jack Leedstrom