Quotes About Persistence

Some roads, once set out upon, reveal no possible path but forward. Every other track is blocked by snarls of thorns, steaming fissures or rearing walls of stone. What waits at the far end of the forward path is unknown, and since knowledge itself may prove a curse, the best course is simply to place one foot in front of the other, and think not at all of fate or the cruel currents of destiny.

The slower your path, the muddier your boots?' 'Even so,' Icarium said, nodding. 'Time is nothing like that.' 'Are you so certain? When we must wait, our minds fill with sludge, random thoughts like so much refuse. When we are driven to action, our current is swift, the water seemingly clear, cold and sharp.

Life is like a clam," Birds Mottle's father once told her. "Years filtering shit then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth.

In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while.

I also discovered the only complete Brontosaurus skull.

If anyone has it in him to work hard, he can rise from the earth and touch the sky.

We had no idea what we were in for when we started Blue Sky. We just had an idea of what we wanted to do. When we got to a point where it seemed impossible, we just kept doing it. After 18 years, we have a lot of it done.

The sky's the limit as fast as I can ever run.

Being a playwright is like the equivalent of doing a jigsaw puzzle that has 1,500 pieces, and it's a jigsaw of a blue sky. Not a cloud in sight.

I'm just trying to follow the footsteps of God. I don't question him. Just keep moving. He never fails. He always amazes me. It's like, damn, the sky isn't the limit.

I have to do draft after draft... It takes me a long time, but I love doing it, and I have to do it every day, or I feel slack.

Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all-in. In my most trying moments with managers I liked the least, I did not give up, complain, or slack off.

As far as myself, I want to see myself hold a Grand Slam, be at the top of the game.

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.

Honestly, I keep believing in myself that I can win a Slam. I am definitely sure I can win one. It's just a matter of putting the pieces in the puzzle.

I'm happy that once again I see myself winning a Grand Slam, something that is so hard to do.

Almost every Grand Slam, I'm in second week, which is pretty positive for me.

Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.

It's not easy getting to a Grand Slam final.

I think I have best result of Grand Slam in U.S. Open.

I had doors slammed in my face; I had a lot of news directors who wouldn't give me the time of day. Some told me I wouldn't have a future in the business.

Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.