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Perseverance Quotes

"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good."

"Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up."

"There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win."

― Muhammad Ali

"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If not, pretend you are."

― Muhammad Ali

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

― Muhammad Ali

"What keeps me going is goals."

― Muhammad Ali

"The critics only made me work harder."

― Muhammad Ali

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

― Muhammad Ali

"Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

― Muhammad Ali

"It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe."

― Muhammad Ali

"I may have been the best fighter, but I was also the poorest. I had never been able to afford a first-class mouthpiece to protect my teeth. I had to wait until other fighters finished so I could borrow their headgear, or their trunk or bandages."

― Muhammad Ali

"Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

― Muhammad Ali

"I know no fighter can survive the loss if he feels sorry for himself when he’s defeated."

― Muhammad Ali

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it."

― Muhammad Ali

"No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up."

― Muhammad Ali

"I do everything to make the fight come out my way, but if I’m defeated I have to get up and come back again, no matter how humiliating the loss."

― Muhammad Ali

"Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong."

― Muhammad Ali

"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

"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."

― Muhammad Ali

"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it."

― Denzel Washington

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