By perseverance¹ the snail² reached the ark.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere³ and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy⁴ is that one comes from a strong will; and the other from a strong won't.

Henry Ward⁵ Beecher (1813 - 1887), Seven Lectures to a Young Man, 1844

You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut⁶. You have to put time into it to build an audience

John Gruber, How to Blog for Money by Learning from Comics, SXSW 2006

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman⁷, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom⁸ friend, experience your wise counselor⁹, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian¹⁰ genius.

Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)

Victory belongs to the most persevering¹¹.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)

Perseverance is more prevailing¹² than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD), Lives

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)