50 Patience and Perseverance Quotes

During major life changes, challenges and transitions, I usually have a hard time remaining patient, but patience helps us to accept that change is often an ongoing process, unfolding gradually, making it easier to move through change without rushing or forcing the outcome. It helps us manage the frustration and discomfort that can come with slow progress or unexpected setbacks.

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I’m better at persevering, at remaining determined to keep going despite difficulties, ensuring that I continue to move forward even when the going gets tough.

Together, patience and perseverance have enabled me to stay committed to my objectives, maintain a positive outlook, and ultimately emerge from the transition stronger and more resilient.

To keep myself focused, I have created 10 affirmations to help me persevere and not become impatient:

-I trust the process of change and I remain patient to allow myself the time I need to grow. – I am patient and compassionate with myself as I navigate challenges and embrace new opportunities. – Every step I take, no matter how small, brings me closer to the end of this difficult time. – I remain calm and patient, knowing that perseverance helps me cope with my challenges. – I have the strength to overcome obstacles and the patience to wait for the right moment to act. – Challenges are opportunities for growth, and I face them with patience and determination. – I believe in my ability to endure through difficult times. – I allow myself the space to make mistakes, learn, and still keep moving forward. – My persistence is my greatest ally in achieving the positive outcome I want. – I embrace each moment as part of my journey, trusting that my patience and perseverance will be rewarded.

I hope these affirmations will be useful to you too. Click here to find out how to harness the power of affirmations. You can also use one of the quotes below to make an affirmation of your own, ex. using the first quote: Difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish because I persevere and I am patient.

1. “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams
2. “I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It’s a voice of pain and victory.” —Anthony Hamilton
3. “Nothing in this 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.” —Calvin Coolidge
4. “Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” – George Bernard Shaw
5. “One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.” – Chinese Proverb
6. “When it comes to patience, we don’t have to change old habits; we can build better ones.” – Sue Bender
7. “Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: it is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” —Thomas Carlyle
8. “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” —Walter Elliott
9. “The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.” —Ryan Holiday
10. “All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
11. “I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.” – Louise Hay
12. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
13. “When you encounter various trials, big or small, be full of joy. They’re opportunities to learn patience.” – Scott Curran
14. “Trust the process. Your time is coming. Just do the work and the results will handle themselves.” – Tony Gaskins
15. “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in your mind.” – David G. Allen
16. “How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.” – Elbert Hubbard
17. “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
18. “If you’re focused on the outcome, you’re not focused on the process. Sustain success over long periods comes from a fanatical focus on process. You don’t need to be perfect, just better than yesterday.” —Shane Parrish
19. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” —Maya Angelou
20. “Sometimes things aren’t clear right away. That’s where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.” – Mary Pierce
21. “There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honours too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.” – Jean de la Bruyère
22. “Perseverance is the steadfast pursuit of an objective despite obstacles, difficulties or discouragement.” – Albert Schweitzer
23. “There’s something about patience that God deems necessary for our life in the age to come and so, whether through agriculture or discipleship or bodily development or eschatology or procreation, God makes us wait.” – Russell Moore
24. “Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience – I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.” – CeeLo Green
25. “Life is full of challenges, but I always have the Three Ps: Passion, patience and persistence. And the fourth one is pizza.” – Butch Hartman
26. “Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things – with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.” – Corazon Aquino
27. “The greatest power is often simple patience.” – E. Joseph Cossman
28. “The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” – Erik Erikson
29. “It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.” – Elizabeth Taylor
30. “Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practising patience and being persistent.” —Billy Graham
31. “The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another’s defects, and the bearing of one another’s burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.” – Lawrence G. Lovasik
32. “And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” —Thomas Huxley
33. “I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.” —Og Mandino
34. “Through hard work, perseverance, and faith in God, you can live your dreams.” —Ben Carson
35. “Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.” – Helen Keller
36. “I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.” – Anne Lamott
37. “Humility is attentive patience.” – Simone Weil
38. “Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” – Joseph Addison
39. “History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” – B.C. Forbes
40. “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
41. “P is for Persistence! Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Wishing will not; Talent will not; Genius will not; Education will not; Persistence is like a Genie that creates a magical force in your life.” Lucas Remmerswaal
42. “All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.” – Thomas a Kempis
43. “Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things—of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.” —Sheri L. Dew
44. “Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.” – Philip Stanhope
45. “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” —Henry Ward Beecher
46. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” —Newt Gingrich
47. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.” Denis Waitley
48. “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
49. “Patience and persistence are the keys… The keys to unlock doors of success… With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience.” Ogwo David Emenike
50. “Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow – that is patience.” – Leo Tolstoy

Remaining patient during major life changes offers profound benefits that extend beyond simply enduring difficult times. Patience allows us to approach transitions with a calm and open mindset, reducing stress and anxiety as we adapt to new circumstances. It fosters resilience by giving us the space to process emotions and make thoughtful decisions rather than rushing through the process. Patience also enhances our ability to recognise opportunities for growth that might otherwise be missed in the haste to move forward. Ultimately, by cultivating patience, we can navigate change with greater grace, clarity, and confidence, leading to more positive outcomes.