Quotes About Persistence

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

It isn't important how fast you are doing it. What's important is that you are doing it.

interrupting myself and my own dream over and over.

stop stopping.

Fake it 'till you make it. The lie will become the truth.

Voltaire said that no problem could withstand the assault of sustained thinking. And he was right.

you must begin by building a track record of finished tasks.

Slow And steady wins every time.

It may not be your fault for being down, but it is your fault for not getting back up

Even though the ball comes to a rest, the energy that once moved it is still here, it's been converted … , but it won't disappear. … Nothing stops.

The Comedy Equation: An ordinary guy or gal struggling against insurmountable odds without many of the required skills and tools with which to win yet never giving up hope.

Never, ever stop believing in magic, no matter how old you get. Because if you keep looking long enough and don't give up, sooner or later you're going to find Mary Poppins.

My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next. Enjoyment while performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards in poker, you can count on them occurring over time. What was hard was to be good, consistently good, night after night, no matter what the abominable circumstances.

Harder you Try, Luckier you get

DID STAND-UP COMEDY for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were spent in wild success.

Be so good they can't ignore you

I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

Preparing for Catwoman role by leaping off roof into shrub. On third try, I managed to hit the shrub.

I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.

I don't expect perfection, I expect excellence." I expect 100 percent effort in all you do.

The fact is that solving problems is hard. If a given problem still exists, you can bet that a lot of people have already come along and failed to solve it.