44 Movie Quotes about Perseverance (Sound Clips) - page 3

Last updated on: September 1, 2025

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

21 Elmo's going to make it, you'll see.

Kevin Clash as Elmo in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

22 Maybe it will work tonight. It has failed many times before, but driven by an obsession that it can be done, he is unconcerned with failures of the past or dangers of the future.

Quote from 4D Man (1959)

23 You don't know Bernard like I do. He'll never give up.

Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca in The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

24 Andy crawled to freedom through 500 yards of _-smelling foulness I can't even imagine. Or maybe I just don't want to.

Quote from The Shawshank Redemption

25 From that moment on, I was determined to invent something great.

Quote from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

26 It ain't just like running. It's something that needs endurance, something that needs stamina like long-distance running, cross-country running.

Sid Caesar in Grease (1978)

27 Listen to me, I won't blame you if you've made a mistake. No. Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum.

Quote from Mr. Topaze (1961)

28 I've spent 50 years in China. And there are times when I think we are just a lot of persistent ants trying to move a great mountain.

Quote from The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

29 You just don't go away, do you? -Stronger souls than you would have found that out.

Lee Van Cleef as John Peter McAllister in The Master (1984)

30 All I do is either work or stamp my feet. It's been over six months now. What good will this do me?

Quote from Shaolin Temple Strikes Back (1981)