53 Movie Quotes about Perseverance (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jan 11, 2026

Memorable quotes about perseverance, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, hmm? The most serious mind.

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

2 Your persistence surprises even me.

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark

3 It isn't always being fast, or even accurate that counts. It's being willing.

John Wayne as J.B. Books in The Shootist

4 No way, mister. You're going to the top of this mountain, broken legs and all.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show

5 I have good news. Two years in isolation, I have advanced my Fatal Skill to the tenth level.

Quote from Return of the Bastard Swordsman

6 Oh, so I didn't make it to the tippy-top today. Just wait until tomorrow.

Paul Winchell as Tigger in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

7 There's only one thing to do. If the sky's busted, I'll have to fix it.

Gopher From Winnie The Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8 You made a Christmas wish last year. Is this what you wished for? -No. But I will keep wishing.

Beast From Beauty And The Beast; Belle From Beauty And The Beast in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

9 Hi, old buddy. Any luck? -Yeah. But it's all bad. -Well, keep trying, pal. -Likewise.

John Byner as The Ant And The Aardvark in The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

10 Every shiny dream that fades and dies generates the steam for two more tries.

Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

53 Movie Quotes about Perseverance (+ Sound Clips)

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