Quotes About Persistence

I first sold a cartoon for five dollars. I was in the fifth grade.

I was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.

It takes time and effort to soldier on and make your arguments.

Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.

At the start, you don't earn a great deal, so you have to work other jobs if you want to play football. When I was at Doncaster, I couldn't solely do football. I had to work; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to live.

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

So it takes years to make a solid company.

Shangela and I are both the type of queens who will taffy-pull 15 minutes of fame into something solid.

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me.

I've been solo since 1996, so I've been doing it for a while now.

'Queen of Hearts' is one I'm really proud of because I worked so hard on it, and then I was told it wasn't good enough to be included on an Allman Brothers album. That directly led me to go into the studio and cut 'Laid Back,' my first solo release. So 'Queen of Hearts' is special to me.

I worked after school and Saturdays to save money to take an hour of flying, even though I couldn't solo.

Just because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one.

I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution.

Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one of them.

As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventually you're going to find it.

I had problems my entire life trying to make films. Problems come but you have to find a solution.

We have to be about finding long-term solutions to our biggest challenges.

To overcome obstacles, you need solutions.

I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave.

Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.