Quotes About Persistence

Ho sempre voluto farcela da solo, con i miei sforzi, senza chiedere nulla a nessuno.

The last madness I'll probably persist in is to believe myself a poet: it will be up to the critics to cure me.

You don't by chance believe that the war has killed all the halfwits? They belong to a race that will never die out. I'm sure there was a halfwit in Noah's Ark and he was the most prolific male on God's blessed raft!

I can see that you have made your decision, but I wonder if you will become tired and discouraged. Me—I will never give up.

Everyone left and we have remained on a path that goes on without us.

What was it that was never finished, neither changed nor fulfilled?

Tutto fu ambito e tutto fu tentato. Quel che non fu fatto io lo sognai e tanto era l'ardore che il sogno eguagliò l'atto.

Vivere ardendo e non bruciarsi mai

There is a time for any fledgling artist where one's taste exceeds one's abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.

Showing up is what counts.

You try again. You fail better.

Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I have to reject this guy? Can't he take a hint?' I shook my head. 'But somehow I don't even care. I see you in your red dress, standing by the punch table, and something in me wants to keep trying. I think, she is a person worth knowing.

There is a time for any fledgling artist where one's tastes exceed one's abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.

I'm going to play until the end of this life.

So I will wait, because I would rather wait for you than waste my time with someone who isn't you. And I will focus on the long game. As they say in baseball, losing game one and even game two is no reason to give up on the whole series. When you're ready, if you're ever ready, give me the word.

My point is, it's tempting," she said. "It is certainly tempting to continue on with something because it has already begun.

You have a thousand chances to make something right. That's a heck of a lot of chances, by the way. But they do run out eventually.

I don't think you can really run away from things. They tend to follow you" -Anya

You are a gaming person, which is to say you are the kind of person who believes that "game over" is a construction. The game is only over if you stop playing. There is always one more life. Even the most brutal death isn't final.

You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it's a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.

You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it's a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.

A good man is hard to find," she says finally. "Do you mean the O'Connor story? The one on your desk. It's an awfully dark thing to bring up at a time like this." "No, I mean you. I've been looking forever. It was only two trains and a boat away.

There is a time for any fledgling artist where one's taste exceeds one's abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway. And

I want this job." "Many people do, my girl." "How do I get it?" Maya asks. "Reading, as aforementioned." Maya nods. "I do that." "A good chair." "I have one of those." "Then you're well on your way," Daniel tells her before setting her back on the ground. "I'll