Quotes About Tenacity

With this life, I give you stubbornness to keep going in the face of future troubles.

You couldn't catch a mouse if leaped in between your paws!

was sticking.

Der Vorhang ist noch nicht gefallen, oder?' Ich nickte. 'Es ist erst vorbei, wenn es vorbei ist. Und das ist es noch lange nicht.

We are coming here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and we have no more bubblegum!

The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.

We ain't giving up," I said. "We done gone this far.

Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps.

Mantenere: a dieci anni era il mio verbo preferito. Comportava la promessa di tenere per mano, mantenere.

Impossibility never prevented anything from happening.

it is amazing what you can accomplish when you do it in a "take no prisoners" manner.

William Faulkner was once asked how he went about writing a book. His answer: "It's like building a chicken coop in a high wind. You grab any board or shingle flying by or loose on the ground and nail it down fast." Like becoming a pastor.

We must be relentless and resilient.

Be relentless and then you'll break through.

I know what I want, and I'm relentless in achieving what I want.

I'm relentless when it comes to writing and recording.

I love the relentless nature of a side that never gives up.

I've never backed down from a fight and I relish a good debate.

I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.

I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered.

I'm a bitter-ender. It's potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I will not rest. I work and work and work until I can no longer and someone has to remove me from the premises.

I think a lot of people might've and probably did have the idea of renting clothes before me. I was the only one who was crazy enough to attempt it.

When you're from Brooklyn, you've got to rep, and you've got to perform, like it's your last fight on earth.

I remember when I was younger. Dad's agent came round, and I asked if she would represent me. She didn't represent children at the time, but I wouldn't let her leave the house until she agreed. I've always been quite headstrong.