Quotes About Persistence

I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving.

I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent enough time in audition rooms. I don't want to be doing that in my afterlife.

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.

What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect.

If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later.

Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.

I'm still fighting to get the things I want and to do the projects I want to do. I think it will always be a fight or a challenge, but not being in my comfort zone keeps me very excited and happy.

There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.

You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.

You cannot earn money from any artistic career. You have to spend all the time if you want to develop, and keep presenting shows that are always better, always new.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

i wish means: would it be nice if.. i want means: if i want it enough i will get it.

The purpose of fear is to determine how badly you want your dream.

I've been chasing my music dream for a very long time and the acting dream just came up. But there are musical things I want to show the world, so that's my next step.

I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around with a quitter.

I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

I never stopped believing in my ability or what I was doing. I want to pass that sense of faith and perseverance on to others.

Winning once is never anyone's dream. We all want to keep winning no matter what it is, or if we retire, we all still are striving toward something, probably most of us are.

Whenever you're in a position to win, you don't want to let it go.

You may have crap that wants to drag you down, but if you really like what you're doing, then there's always a silver lining.

People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it.