Perseverence Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Perseverence quotes, Perseverence sayings, and Perseverence proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


A dog's life is a miserable life.      -- Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)
A dripping June sets all in tune.      -- unknown
A short horse is soon curried.      -- John Heywood (c. 1497-1580)
Dog is a man's best friend.      -- unknown
Nature is the art of God.     -- Latin (on nature)
No man fears what he has seen grow.      -- African Proverb
Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our grandmother, try to obtain knowledge that you may be strengthened in life.     -- Winnebago (Native American) (on nature)
One step leads to another.      -- unknown
One swallow never makes a summer.      -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
The afternoon knows what the morning never expected.      -- Swedish (on basic truths)
The day has eyes; the night has ears.     -- Scottish (on nature)
The early bird gets the worm, the second mouse gets the cheese.      -- unknown
The earth has music for those who listen.      -- unknown, thankyou to Guy Archer
The sap rises in the spring.      -- unknown
The shoemaker's children have no shoes.      -- unknown
When the wind is in the east, tis neither good for man nor beast.      -- unknown
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back.      -- Horace (65-8 BC)