Motivation & Success: Never Give Up Quotes

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"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

Napoleon Hill

"Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

Napoleon Hill

"That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up"

Mike Tyson, Athlete

Mike Tyson

"If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up"

Abraham Maslow, Psychologist

Abraham Maslow

"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

William Makepeace Thackeray

"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, Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more"

Woody Hayes, Coach

Woody Hayes

"I was laying in bed one night and I thought 'I'll just quit - to hell with it.' And another little voice inside me said 'Don't quit - save that tiny little ember of spark.' And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again"

Charles Bukowski, Poet

Charles Bukowski

"My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110% and don't give up!"

Vanessa Hudgens, Actress

Vanessa Hudgens

"Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?"

Marian Wright Edelman, Activist

Marian Wright Edelman

"Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure, but to be determined not to fail"

Jimmy Carter, President

Jimmy Carter

"It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?"

Jim Carrey, Actor

Jim Carrey

"Quitting doesn't enter my mind"

Jimmy Buffett, Musician

Jimmy Buffett

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

George Allen, Sr.

"The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'"

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

"A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to, and did"

John Burroughs, Author

"It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing, or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough"

Kathleen Turner, Actress

Kathleen Turner

"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"If you want to be rich, never give up. People tend to give up. If you have persistence, you will come out ahead of most people. More importantly, you will learn"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up"

Elon Musk, Businessman

Elon Musk

"If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up"

Les Brown, Businessman

"I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles, and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames"

Les Brown, Businessman

"Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead"

Les Brown, Businessman

"I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was"

Jennifer Lopez, Musician

Jennifer Lopez

"Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option"

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

"I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up"

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down"

Mary Pickford, Actress

"Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out!"

Christopher Reeve, Actor

Christopher Reeve

"We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be"

Richard Adams, Clergyman

"I've got to pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again"

Peter Tosh, Musician

Peter Tosh

"Failure is a word unknown to me"

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Politician

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

"Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln"

Bruce Barton, Author

Bruce Barton

"I'm not going to disappear"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Athlete

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it"

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Writer

"I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad"

Willie Nelson, Musician

"The man who runs may fight again"

Menander, Poet

Menander

"Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention"

Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer

Fridtjof Nansen

"I just keep praying for Joan to get her power back, to resolve her problems and rise to the top, to fight back!"

Christina Hendricks, Actress

"I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much"

Alan Ladd, Actor

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