Quotes About Persistence

Our American story, for generations, is of a people who seek to move forward. A people who look at a mountain and worry not about the tough climb ahead, but dream about the view from the summit.

Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything.

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before.

You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been down. So don't worry about anything.

A lot of people, once they become champion, they relax, kind of sit in the position and try to enjoy it. But I feel like everything I've ever worked for could be lost at any moment. I work harder and harder and harder, because I want to be farther ahead with every fight, and not worrying about these girls catching up to me.

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

Things are never so bad they can't be made worse.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them.

If someone is better than you at something, then it's likely because she has failed at it more than you have. If someone is worse than you, it's likely because he hasn't been through all of the painful learning experiences you have.

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.

Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.

I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.

And then it got even worse, I mean, a few people fell by the wayside within hours. Nick Lowe was in it for about 5 hours I think, he was expelled for going to bed.

You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.

So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here.

Repeatedly opening the oven - or worse, taking out the turkey to baste it - slows down the momentum of cooking.

Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.

I can't understand people who give up and commit suicide. If I have a bad day, I figure tomorrow will be better. And even if it isn't, at least it isn't any worse.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.

Kids take work, effort, love, blood, sweat and tears and are a full time job. You have to commit, for better or worse and then give your all and hope for the best. The one thing you can never, ever do is give up and say, 'Oooops, never mind, my bad, you can take this one back!'

It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.