Quotes About Persistence

Talent is only a starting point.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.

Alla guerra di amor vince chi fugge.

ViaÈ›a îns??i îndreapt? spre om o fa?? goal?, nep?s?toare, descurajant?, pe care nu se citeÈ™te nimic, ca È™i pe pânza asta goal?. Dar omul nu se sperie de acest gol, p??eÈ™te plin de încredere È™i de curaj, se zbate, cl?deÈ™te, creeaz?, È™i pân? la urm?, pânza nu va mai r?mâne goal?, ci se acoper? cu formele bogate ale vieÈ›ii.

Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something.

However, I continue to try and I continue, indefatigably, to reach out. There's no way I can single-handedly save the world or, perhaps, even make a perceptible difference - but how ashamed I would be to let a day pass without making one more effort.

Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

You don't beat refusal to believe in a frontal attack.

Victories over ingrained patterns of thought are not won in a day or a year.

No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances.

Oh, hell! I can't sleep!" "Neither can I! But I might as well try—as a matter of principle."   Twelve hours later, sleep was still just that—a matter of principle, unattainable in practice.

He slept that night the sleep of a successfully stubborn man.

Debes seguir enviando tu trabajo; nunca debes dejar un manuscrito guardado en un cajón y cogiendo polvo. Manda ese trabajo una y otra vez mientras trabajas en el siguiente. Si tienes talento, alcanzarás algún tipo de éxito. Pero sólo si persistes.

And one day he said, I'm going to see Hallam again. Bronowski's eyebrows lifted. What for? To have him turn me down. Yes, that's about your speed, Pete. You're unhappy if your troubles die down a bit.

We can't give up just because the Universe does.

Even the sternest oppression, however, cannot stop human thought forever.

A fire eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself

retold as a heroic and masterly reversal of a lost situation.

En cualquier caso, en la Historia no hay finales felices, solo momentos críticos que se superan.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Writing is like riding a bicycle: you don't forget how, even if you go for years without doing it.

Nunca se podra encontrar a quien no quiere ser encontrado.

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.