Quotes About Persistence

You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity

I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Would you mind getting off that fly paper and giving the flies a chance?" "Ahhh, you can't trick me! Flies don't read papers!

A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.

Authors, such as William Zinsser, Steven Pinker, Natalie Goldberg, and Stephen King, who have all written exquisite books on the art and craft of writing, have reminded me that it is the commitment to the craft that matters the most; the longing to get better and the countless hours of work that go into writing and rewriting. To them I am eternally grateful.

I also urge you not to wash your hands, face or mouth in between cigarettes. Let the taste and smell stay with you, in your hair, your clothes, hands and face.

Motivated authors sacrifice TV time, sleep, hobbies, and even family time.

We all want results and we want them fast. But, when practicing meditation, impatience is a hindrance.

Success is not attained when the goal is reached; success is attained from the time when the first step is taken towards that goal.

One myth that has become established in the self-development arena is that it only takes 21 days to form a new habit. This simply isn't true in all cases. Sometimes it takes a shorter time, sometimes a longer time, and sometimes old habits are so hard to break that new ones never take hold.

Come night, strike the hour. Days go, I endure.

Come night, strike hour.Days go, I endure.

Elle avait tout fait pour le retenir, mais parfois tout n'est pas suffisant.

Ploua, ploua vesnic.

Bol, zapravo ne nestaje. On ostaje, skriven duboko u nama, ali nas pušta da se vratimo našem životu i nastavimo put.

You have no idea what it means as a player when you are losing, or things are not working, and a coach tells you the reasons. 'And when things go wrong, he would insist on the idea, he remained consistent, even after a defeat. That is another lesson.

Perdonaré que fallen, pero no que no se esfuercen.

Con o sin éxito, crear se convierte en una adicción.

Alberto intentó consolarme con el sabido refrán de los derrotados: «Por algo pasan las cosas» (o como diría mi abuela: «Estaba de Dios que no sucediera»). Sí, de los derrotados, porque los que no se dan por vencidos jamás aceptan el veredicto de las circunstancias.

El arte es en sí mismo y un gozo hacerlo. Los logros, los aplausos ayudan. Son la cereza en el pastel, no el pastel. El pastel es el trabajo diario. La alegría de poder subsistir de la actividad que nos apasiona y no estar sentados ocho horas en una oficina, llegar a casa, cenar, hablar cinco minutos con la pareja, ver televisión, dormir y despertar al día siguiente a las siete para volver a lo mismo. Con o sin éxito, crear se convierte en una adicción.

Así que así era yo y no había quien me cambiara, porque pasaba el tiempo y me ponía viejo y los días pasaban y se convertían en fecha y los años se convertían en efemérides y yo seguía así, quedándome con las noches, metiéndolas en un vaso con hielo o en un negativo o en el recuerdo