Anime Quotes About Perseverance

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

“But I'm not gonna fight back, so you just hit me as much as you're gonna and let me get out of here!”
Kazuma Kuwabara YuYu Hakusho What the story had to build
“I refuse to let my fear control me anymore.”
Maka Albarn Soul Eater The case against this line
“As long as I don't admit defeat, then it'll never be a loss!”
Black Star Soul Eater The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Cagalli Yula Athha Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Read against the character's own history
“Rehearsing lines from a play. It's a really beautiful story that I wanna do if I can revive the Drama Club.”
Nagisa Furukawa Clannad The strongest objection, answered
“I can't give up! I need him more than anything! If I don't have him, then all of this is pointless!”
Youhei Sunohara Clannad The contrarian read
“Just as no matter how hard you try to keep it away... despair will attack you again and again. In the same manner hope will return to you. Again and again.”
Kazuma Sohma Fruits Basket The strongest objection, answered
“Me and you are different. I've got more will power.”
Roronoa Zoro One Piece The strongest objection, answered
“My magic... ...is never giving up!”
Asta Black Clover The strongest objection, answered
“But now you've hit your limit. Don't you think... you've done enough, Asta...?”
Magna Swing Black Clover The strongest objection, answered

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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

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