Quotes About Persistence

When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

Think nothing done while aught remains to do.

You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself.

Life remains the same for me. It's always been a battle against injustice and corruption. That battle goes on.

Slaven remains calm and even in games when he feels we should be doing better, he will come in and say 'boys we have the ability to get back in there and I believe in you.' Even if we don't get the points he wants us to show we can do better and make him proud.

Airey Neave's escape from Colditz, quite possibly the most remarkable thing a British politician has ever done, defined his years to come. Disregarding senior officers who frowned on such attempts, Neave was undeterred against overwhelming odds and the risk of death.

I fled my home town and did odd jobs, including things like re-designing old furniture, before I became an actor. Having said that, I don't think the story of my life is in any way remarkable. What is remarkable is how acting opportunities have come my way.

I started my company with no previous experience in jewelry, or business for that matter! I pounded the pavement, learned as I went, and I feel so lucky to have received mentorship from some truly remarkable people.

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.

What separates the good players from the greats people remember is consistency.

I'm real petty. I remember everything like an elephant.

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

Remember you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn your success every day, and you will make mistakes like everyone else.

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

I always know that people will only remember me for my efforts in Calgary which, I must admit, seem without doubt to have kept the name alive. But I honestly love law and really hope it can take off for me. I'm going for it.

In 'Kahaani,' I did not have more than 15 minutes in the whole movie and my character has dialogues for not more than two minutes. Still,the audience remember me for that role.

Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!

Actually, I can't remember when I was not writing.

I remember when we did 'Shaun of the Dead,' and when we were trying to get it off the ground in 2001 before we actually made it, a lot of people just didn't want to know.

I'm a mathematician and always have been, as far as I can remember. I don't remember when I first got involved with mathematics, but I think of myself always as a mathematician first.

I used to run with Chris Nolan before he was 'Chris Nolan.' I remember when he was trying to sell 'Memento,' and he just couldn't.

I remember when I was on 'Saturday Night Live' my first year, and I wasn't getting much. I was down; I was ready to quit.

I want to be a Hall of Famer, go to Pro Bowls every year - just make sure my name is remembered after I leave.