Anime Quotes About Perseverance

Quotes about continuing when continuing is not obviously rational, and why fiction insists stubbornness and resolve are different things.

“I'll get stronger! Stronger than she ever was, you hear me? Strong enough that my name reaches up to the heavens!”
Roronoa Zoro One Piece What the Japanese does
“I never give up. I never go back on my word. That's my ninja way!”
Naruto Uzumaki Naruto The contrarian read
“I mustn't run away.”
Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The case against this line
“I'm not fighting because I think I can win, I'm fighting because I must win.”
Ichigo Kurosaki Bleach The case against this line
“A true gentleman is brave and comes to the aid of those in need. Even if it's a fight he has no chance of winning, he joins the fray! One day, I will get strong enough to win.”
Jonathan Joestar JoJo's Bizarre Adventure The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Zangetsu Bleach What the story had to build
“Survival is the only way, Ed! Live on, learn more about alchemy! You can find a way to get our bodies back and help people like Nina. You can't do that by dying!”
Alphonse Elric Fullmetal Alchemist The strongest objection, answered
“I don't believe that an absolute power really exists in any world. Power is unstable. It changes constantly. Small differences will always appear, as one has between you and I. So the one who widens that gap will be the winner!”
Yasutora Sado Bleach The strongest objection, answered
“You're wrong, that's not what makes a shinobi. You never did get it. A real ninja is one who endures no matter what gets thrown at him.”
Jiraiya Naruto Read against the character's own history
“Alright, that's enough! You two made me a promise. You haven't forgotten, have you? Until we find the "Samurai who smells of Sunflowers", you two are not allowed to kill each other!”
Fuu Samurai Champloo What the story had to build
“We can't waste time worrying about the what-if's. Rukia's execution date has been changed to noon tomorrow. So what? If the deadline has been changed to tomorrow... I'll just have to finish today!”
Ichigo Kurosaki Bleach What the story had to build
“Finished? It'll never be finished. A battle isn't like some stupid argument. As long as someone's still breathing, the fight isn't over.”
Kenpachi Zaraki Bleach The contrarian read
“There's a certain man I have to face. Until I see him, Death himself cannot touch me.”
Roronoa Zoro One Piece What the story had to build
“Don't ever give up. Even if it's painful, even if it's agonizing, don't try to take the easy way out.”
Zenitsu Agatsuma Demon Slayer The case against this line
“You have to go on. No matter what. In spite of losing people... even though it's devastating.”
Tanjiro Kamado Demon Slayer What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Isaac Netero Hunter x Hunter The strongest objection, answered
“You're right, we are mortal and fragile. But even if we are tortured or wounded, we'll fight to survive.”
Guts Berserk What the story had to build
“Do you really want to die in a place like this? Do you really want a meaningless place like this to be your grave? Is that dream in your head so dead?”
Guts Berserk Read against the character's own history
“Stake your lives on this fight! Our survival demands that we stake our lives on this fight! And to survive, is to be victorious!”
Griffith Berserk The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Skull Knight Berserk The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Madoka Kaname Puella Magi Madoka Magica What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Homura Akemi Puella Magi Madoka Magica Set against another series
“Don't give me that weepy crap just because you lost!!!!! We're Fairy Tail wizards!!!!! We're the guild that doesn't know how to quit!!!!”
Natsu Dragneel Fairy Tail What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Yui Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The case against this line

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If perseverance is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. It says in three hundred pages what the quotes above say in a line each, and the three approaches feed each other.

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Anime Quotes About Perseverance

Themes that travel with perseverance

The sage's shelf