Quotes About Determination

In 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs, having failed at everything else, decided to write a novel. He was then in his mid-thirties, married with two children, barely supporting his family as the agent for a pencil-sharpener business.

In high school, I played football and became an all-American offensive lineman, but my father hadn't been to any of my games. In those instances, you still hold your head up high. But, when you look up into the stands and you see everyone else's parents cheering and supporting, you have to just stay focused and push through.

When I was growing up, nobody was really supporting me, especially in L.A.

Challenges are what inspire me. I therefore accept whatever comes my way, be it supporting roles or character roles.

My father became the man he wanted to be by allowing dreams and supporting his family's dreams.

I don't want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout actor in anything that's a lead.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

I have been trying to perform well and give my best, but unless I have a good story line in my hand or a supportive team, I am nothing.

We came out of a very provincial city that was not very supportive of music, and we had to do our own thing and flyer everywhere.

My mom would drive me from Cleveland to New York City and use my dad's hotel points for auditions. They were the most supportive parents that I could have. Without them, I wouldn't have gotten anywhere.

My mother was strong-willed, demanding, and very supportive all at the same time.

My family was very supportive, but also very insistent that I finish school, and to be honest, I wanted to finish school.

You know, my company is my company. My dad didn't help me, and I didn't get money from my family. I have the most supportive family and they would give me anything, but I always thought that I wanted to do something on my own and prove myself on my own for sure.

Funding has been the hardest part, and my wife has been extremely supportive both when I decided to leave my job, and even when I re-mortgaged our home and put equity into the project. I am lucky to have such a loving and supportive partner.

What sets Iris Stevenson apart is her success in a system that in no way supports her - with the hardest possible children to convert.

Let us suppose you become a craneman. Suppose you become a clerk in a lawyer's office. Give the best that is in you. Let nothing stand in the way of your going on.

I suppose that I am ambitious.

I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up. I became despondent prematurely. I had my mid-life crisis when I was 16. I suppose I'd agree with that. But acting has helped me develop a lot in my private life.

I suppose that's the way I have always thought about it. Just try to hit the ball. That's what the game's about.

I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.

Over the years I've tried to be clear about the things that are important in life, the things that matter, and I've tried to pursue them, and, I've had a certain sense of 'stickability,' hanging in there, and I suppose that's me.

I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist. And my early excursions on the electric guitar were curtailed when Eric Clapton came on the scene, and I decided I was never going to be in the same arena as a Clapton or a Peter Green.

When I told my mum I was going to play my first gig when I was 14, she couldn't believe it, cause I was painfully shy at that time. But I just done it, put my head down and got through it. And I suppose there's still a little bit of that, even though it's many years later and I've been doing it for a long time.

If you're not getting work, make your own work. I think that's a good mentality. I suppose I take my drive from my mother and my practicality from my father.