Everyone needs a reminder to stay strong, even when the going gets tough. That is why we chose 100 inspiring quotes about never giving up. These quotes come from famous figures like Abraham Lincoln and Oprah Winfrey but also include wise sayings from everyday people who have learned to persevere through adversity.

Whether your goal is to try a new skill, start something new, or overcome a personal challenge, these quotes will provide you with the inspiration you may need for success.

Read on and discover why never giving up is essential for achieving your goals – the hard part is doing it!

100 Quotes That Will Inspire You To Never Give Up

  1. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison
  2. Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you. – Mark Cuban
  3. To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles. – T.F. Hodge
  4. Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb
  5. Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller
  6. It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends. – Brothers Grimm
  7. Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, and working through them, that’s what makes you strong. – Sarah Dessen
  8. Every master was once a disaster. – David T.S Wood
  9. You can’t really be strong until you can see a funny side to things. – Ken Kesey
  10. When it comes to your dreams, every risk is worth it. – Joel Brown
  11. Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. – Susan Gale
  12. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher
  13. Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain. – Sherrilyn Kenyon
  14. The best way out is always through. – Robert Frost
  15. It’s okay to struggle, but it’s never okay to give up on yourself. – John Zickefoose
  16. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus
  17. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi
  18. When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. – Carol Burnett
  19. You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius
  20. Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. – Wayne Dyer
  21. Success is what happens after you have survived all your mistakes. – Anora Lee
  22. Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever. – Leo Buscaglia
  23. Everything that’s broken was beautiful at one time. And our mistakes make us better people. – Jamie Hoang
  24. What lies behind us and what lies before we are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  25. If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather the courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality. – Roopleen
  26. Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong. – Muhammad Ali
  27. We all can dance when we find music that we love. – Giles Andreae
  28. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. – Og Mandino
  29. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton
  30. Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. – Richard Branson
  31. Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be. – John Wooden
  32. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean
  33. You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
  34. I like criticism. It makes you strong. – LeBron James
  35. The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands a very great struggle. – Swami Sivananda
  36. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. – Michael Jordan
  37. All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong and repairs evil. The only crime is pride. – Sophocles
  38. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. – Judith May
  39. Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, and a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order to prepare to try again. – W. Clement Stone
  40. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
  41. Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever. –Professor X
  42. I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott
  43. Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Chinese Proverb
  44. Never give up on something that you can’t go through a day without thinking about. – Winston Churchill
  45. If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success. – James Cameron
  46. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. – Albert Einstein
  47. The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. – R. G. Ingersoll
  48. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
  49. Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure. – Napoleon Hill
  50. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett
  51. Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end. – Roy T. Bennett
  52. Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
  53. Don’t give up before the miracle happens. – Fannie Flagg
  54. Remember: Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up. – Rocky Balboa
  55. Never give up your desire to be what you want to be. Stay focused, persistent, and relentless. – Debasish Mridha
  56. Nothing is impossible. The word itself says: ‘I’m possible!’ – Audrey Hepburn
  57. Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up. – Nicki Minaj
  58. If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather the courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality. – Roopleen
  59. There is no failure except in no longer trying. – Elbert Hubbard
  60. I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. – Carl Jung
  61. When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. – Carol Burnett
  62. When we see beyond pain & find ourselves in others we learn to love at the deepest level. – Jason Garner
  63. I never lose. I either win or learn. – Nelson Mandela
  64. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus
  65. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – Audrey Hepburn
  66. Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be. – John Wooden
  67. You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
  68. The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help. – Demi Lovato
  69. It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela
  70. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. – Vince Lombardi
  71. Out of difficulties grow miracles. -Jean de la Bruyere
  72. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.  – Vince Lombardi
  73. Worrying is a total waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All it does is steal your joy and keep you very busy doing nothing. – Lionel Willard
  74. Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come. – Mandy Hale
  75. You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
  76. You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now. – Olivia Benson
  77. Out of difficulties grow miracles. – Jean de la Bruyere
  78. I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself. – Albert Einstein
  79. The perfection of virtue is born in struggle. – Meister Eckhart
  80. When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up. – Roy T. Bennett
  81. You never give up, even when you should. – Kelly Creagh
  82. There’s nothing I can really do but keep going out there and swinging. – Freddie Freeman
  83. You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. – A. A. Milne
  84. Never, never, never give up. – Winston Churchill
  85. Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it! – Richard E. Grant
  86. Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it, really. Just keep trying. – Bear Grylls
  87. When someone tells you that you can’t do something, perhaps you should consider that they are only telling you what they can’t do. – Sheldon Cahoon
  88. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. – Thomas Edison
  89. We can’t retract the decisions we’ve made. We can only affect the decisions we’re going to make from here. – Nick Rice
  90. Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come. – Mandy Hale
  91. Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. – Zig Ziglar
  92. I refuse to quit because I haven’t tried all possible ways yet. – Unknown
  93. When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you. – Roy McAvoy
  94. It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. – Babe Ruth
  95. No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give them to them. – Maeve Greyson
  96. I never lose. I either win or learn. – Nelson Mandela
  97. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle
  98. Giving up is the only sure way to fail. – Gena Showalter
  99. You just can’t beat the person who won’t give up. – Babe Ruth
  100. Never give up. Your breakthrough is hiding in tomorrow. – Epifania Maphosa

No matter how difficult a situation may seem, giving up should never be an option. Perseverance and determination are key ingredients for success; without them, attaining our goals can feel impossible.

The 100 quotes about never giving up in this collection remind us that, no matter how challenging things may seem, we must all push ourselves to the limit and never stop striving toward our dreams. It won’t always be easy but with enough effort and focus nothing will stand in our way.

Let these quotes be a source of encouragement when you feel like you want to throw in the towel–instead, choose to keep going and remind yourself that anything is possible when we refuse to give up!

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