Quotes About Tenacity

I don't succumb to pressure.

I've been in the mix of great projects for such a long time, I know what it takes.

Some shows suck, but I always - the show must go on. I learned it from my past as a child actor. The show must go on. You have to just keep on with it.

I think just that dog inside of you. When things suck, just to still fight.

Talk about the area of overcoming adversity, sucking it up, I rate myself a 10.

I've been sued, harassed, abused, but I've held my own.

Every time I get an injury or suffer from a personal setback, that's exactly what I do: I persevere.

I suffered a lot of criticism from the press and the fans, but I always kept motivating myself, working. I never dropped the shuttlecock.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

I listen to these pundits all the time breaking down Trump - 'He's brash, and he's bold, and he's successful' - and none of those are what it is. There's one word to sum it up, and it's courage. He has courage.

One thing about a skater: they never quit. So a skater, to sum it up, is awesome.

I will never be a super sub. I want to play.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat

Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

Cause when push comes to shove, You taste what you're made of. You might bend till you break, Cause it's all you can take. On your knees, you look up, Decide you've had enough. You get mad, you get strong, Wipe your hands, shake it off. And you stand...

I'll hold on to the world tight some day. I've got one finger on it now; that's a beginning.

I have three rules to live by: Get your work done. If that doesn't work, shut up and drink your gin, and when all else fails, run like hell.

constant dropping will wear away a stone

You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed, walk it off.

River Tam (Summer Glau): No power in the 'verse can stop me.

He did not send the power of His Spirit into our lives so we could be weak-willed, wimpy, or the type of person who gives up when the going gets tough.

Thomas Edison said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."1

A person is not a failure because she tried some things that did not work out. She fails only when she stops trying.

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed, eventually. Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he succeeded. NBA superstar Michael Jordan was once cut from his high school basketball team. After his first audition, screen legend Fred Astaire received the following assessment from an MGM executive: "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.