Top 200 Never Give Up Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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2. “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

— Jim Valvano

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3. “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

— Winston Churchill

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4. “I never back down and I never quit!”

— John Cena

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5. “Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”

— Bear Grylls

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6. “Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.”

— David Goggins

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7. “Just stick with it. What seems so hard now will one day be your warm up.”

— Anonymous

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8. “Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali

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9. “No, I don’t ever give up. I’d have to be dead or completely incapacitated.”

— Elon Musk

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10. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

— Lance Armstrong

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11. “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

— Biz Stone

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12. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

— Stephen Hawking

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes, Action Quotes

13. “You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.”

— Mark Allen

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14. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

— William Feather

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

15. “Real champions fight through adversity.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Real Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

16. “By endurance we conquer.”

— Ernest Shackleton

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17. “When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Challenges Quotes

18. “I plead with you – never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”

— Pope John Paul II

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19. “Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Loss Quotes

20. “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.”

— Mike Ditka

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Commitment Quotes

21. “Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

22. “Never give up. No matter what is happening, no matter what is going on around you, never give up.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Failure Quotes, Moving On Quotes

23. “I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.”

— Arnold Palmer

Also featured in: Giving Up Quotes, Victory Quotes, Sports Quotes, Determination Quotes

24. “When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.”

— Barack Obama

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25. “Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes, Path Quotes, Quotes About Giving

26. “If you have a setback, Don’t take a step back- Get ready for a comeback!”

— Tim Storey

Also featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Obstacles Quotes

27. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”

— Babe Ruth

Also featured in: Obstacles Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Grit Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

28. “We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.”

— Tobias Wolff

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Identity Quotes

29. “The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out.”

— Napoleon Hill

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30. “The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance.”

— John Di Lemme

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes

31. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

— Marie Curie

Also featured in: Self-Belief Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

32. “It’s only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Positive Work Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes, Mastery Quotes

33. “But still try, for who knows what is possible?”

— Michael Faraday

Also featured in: Not Giving Up Quotes

34. “I don’t have talent. I have tenacity.”

— Henry Rollins

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Grit Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

35. “Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.”

— Sōichirō Honda

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

36. “If we look at those who are the most successful in the world, persistence is the common denominator.”

— Justin Sachs

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Performance Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

37. “Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self – his true, inner self – through temporary defeat.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Adversity Quotes

38. “I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill.”

— Will Smith

Also featured in: Workout Quotes, Gym Quotes

39. “Failure is not important, how you overcome it is.”

— Nick Vujicic

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Adversity Quotes

40. “Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Quotes About Hope, Different Quotes, Adversity Quotes

41. “You don’t drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Personal Responsibility Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

42. “The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Bullying Quotes

43. “Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”

— Harper Lee

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Values Quotes, Adversity Quotes

44. “If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Stress Quotes

45. “Winners win in life because they win the battle in their mind first!”

— Tony Gaskins

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Victory Quotes

46. “Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.”

— John Heywood

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Impossible Quotes

47. “Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”

— Thomas Henry Huxley

Also featured in: Patience Quotes

48. “If you’re not dead, God’s not done.”

— Perry Noble

Also featured in: Quotes About Hope

49. “It’s never too late to turn things around. You are the only obstacle.”

— Dave Ramsey

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Recovery Quotes

50. “When you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up.”

— Pattie Mallette

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes