Quotes About Persistence

I will continue modeling until they don't want me anymore basically because I do love it very much.

How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.

You aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you don't get anything.

When I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient.

I can think of nothing more soul destroying in life than to persist in trying to do a thing you want desperately to do well, and to know that you are at the best second rate.

Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.

A year ago, you wanted to give up because we were losing, and now, you want to give up because we're winning.

Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.

That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

It comes down to competitiveness. I hate to lose. We want people in our organization that hate to lose - that want to compete every single day, so you continue to strive to win.

It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.

I do love making films. I want to be a filmmaker that grows and progresses and does keep trying to push myself. I think that's it... and a bit of confidence maybe.

I always stayed on before and after practice. I just think that if you want to excel at anything, be it basketball, dance or the piano, you need to practice a lot.

If you don't have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life?

Believe in yourself, Anything is possible no matter who you are, or where you come from. Find your path and stay on it, if you want something bad enough, nothing can stop you.

I had been doing something for more than half of my life that I wanted to continue doing - I really loved making the film and I really love acting and it is what I want to do.

I believe that you need to be the person you are and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. If you want something, go out and get it. Follow your dreams, and never give up!

Beginning before you know what you want to say and keeping on after you have said it lands a merchant in a lawsuit or the poorhouse, and the first is a shortcut to the second.

If What you re doing now was enough to get what you want, you'd already have it.

If what you want to do is write, then it's madness not to do it.

You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

It's hard to get a great idea sometimes. When you get a good one and you have a good script, you want to keep shepherding it to make it happen.

It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.