We all have those days when everything seems to go wrong. We yell at our kids for no good reason, spill coffee on our shirts, and the car won’t start. It’s during these challenging times that we need endurance more than ever.
Endurance is not simply the ability to keep going when things are hard; it’s also the ability to keep your head up and your spirit high. These endurance quotes will help you do just that. Whether you’re struggling with a personal problem or dealing with a difficult situation at work, these quotes will remind you that everything will eventually be alright. So be strong, stay positive, and don’t give up!
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Endurance is not simply the ability to keep going when things are hard; it’s also the ability to keep your head up and your spirit high.” -Karen Salmansohn
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” -Walter Elliott
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” -Lance Armstrong
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph! What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.” -Thomas Paine
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” -Helen Keller
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” -Booker T. Washington
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” -Albert Einstein
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill
“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.” -Phyllis Bottome
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” -Confucius
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” -Zig Ziglar
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” -Vince Lombardi
“If you can’t fly then run if you can’t run then walk if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.” -Amelia Earhart
“You are never too old to set new goals or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills
“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” -J.M. Power
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” -Anonymous
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” -Sam Levenson
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” -Vince Lombardi
“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” -Roger Staubach
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” -Albert Einstein
“There are no gains without pains.” -Benjamin Franklin
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” -Confucius
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Walt Disney
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky
” Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” -Les Brown
“If you don’t design your own life plan, you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” -Jim Rohn
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph! What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.” -Thomas Paine
“In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.” -Frantz Fanon
“If your mind can conceive it, you can achieve it. Always remember this: Things are never as bad as they seem.” -Napoleon Hill
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” -Zig Ziglar
“There is no substitute for hard work.” -Thomas Edison
“You are never too old to set new goals or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis
“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt
“I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” -Michael Jordan
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills
“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” -J.M. Power
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” -Anonymous
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” -Sam Levenson
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” -Vince Lombardi
“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” -Roger Staubach
Trying is failing with dignity. Giving up is a failure with disgrace. – Yiddish Proverb
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. – Unknown
There are three types of people in this world: those who give up when they’re faced with adversity, those who keep going no matter what, and those who fake it until they make it. – Unknown
I am not a quitter. I will fight until the end. – Unknown
It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving. – Rocky Balboa
Running Endurance Quotes
“I think I can. I know I can. -Muhammad Ali
“The will to win is important, but more important is the will to prepare to win.”-Vince Lombardi
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” – Buddha
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
“When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.” – Terry Bradshaw
“If you can run one mile, you can run two. – Meb Keflezighi
“You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.” – Frank Shorter
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill
“The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi
“You have to be able to accept failure to get better.” – LeBron James
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.” – Donald Trump
“I am not a failure because I have failed; I am a failure because I have given up.” -Denis Waitley
“You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself; your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real competition.” -Arthur Ashe
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” -Ernie Banks
“It is not the will to win that matters – everyone has that. It is the will to prepare to win that matters.” -Paul Bear Bryant
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” -Muhammad Ali
“The harder you work, the luckier you get.” -Gary Player
Bible Endurance Quotes
“Endurance is not a lack of strength, but a manifestation of strength.” – Unknown
“Endurance is not simply enduring; it is enduring well.” -Shane Claiborne
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13
“He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6
“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for, in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6:9
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13
“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:1-2
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” Romans 5:3-4
“And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” Romans 5:5
“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” Hebrews 10:36
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,” Colossians 1:9-10
“He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:13-14
Faith and Endurance Quotes
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” – Buddha
“Every problem has a solution. Solutions require work, faith, and endurance.” – Unknown.
“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.” – William Barclay.
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph! What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.” – Thomas Paine.
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” – James Gordon
“You are never too old to set new goals or dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul than saying, ‘I’m sorry.'” – Beck Weathers
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant
“You are never too old to set new goals or dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Funny Endurance Quotes
If you can’t take the heat, don’t tickle the dragon. – Unknown
What doesn’t kill you, gives you a lot of unhealthy coping mechanisms and a really dark sense of humor. – Jim Butcher
Endurance is not a lack of speed; it’s doing something you don’t want to do for a really long time. – Unknown
Marriage Endurance Quotes
All marriages are happy. It’s the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. – Raymond Hull
The secret to a long and happy marriage is not trying to make your spouse happy, but finding out what makes them happy and doing it for them! – C.E.L. Graham
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. – Mignon McLaughlin
The endurance of love through all these years of marriage has been possible only because we have never tried to live without each other. – Gene Fowler
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up. – Ogden Nash
Endurance Quotes from Books
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
“What doesn’t kill you, makes a killer.” – Patrick Ness, More Than This
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” – Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
