Quotes About Persistence

It's been a slow steady climb since my solo band got together almost 20 years ago. Me and my manager Blake were just talking about this, how every show has a few more people at it, every record has done a little better.

I'm not, you know, the guy with the biggest game or the flashy shots. But, you know, just being steady, playing every points like it really matters, I think has been working.

From the very beginning when I took a plunge into acting, I was prepared mentally that I am not going to be in a rush, rather I would choose to be a slow and steady player in this industry.

The most important thing is to be steady and consistent.

I want to improve every day and maintain a steady pace without ever losing my resolve to work hard.

Malcolm and Eddie Show,' a lot of other people came and went, but Malcolm and Eddie were steady on the case.

I had always wanted a steady job in this business, a show that lasted.

We will not attain a state of perfection in this life, but we can and should press forward with faith in Christ along the strait and narrow path and make steady progress toward our eternal destiny.

Don't let people steal your confidence and tell you what you can't do because I'm living proof that you can overcome all the obstacles.

You win the modern financial-regulation game by filing the most motions, attending the most hearings, giving the most money to the most politicians and, above all, by keeping at it, day after day, year after fiscal year, until stealing is legal again.

I was so competitive when I played. I was trying to get every loose ball, trying to get steals. That's what I was kind of infamous for in high school.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

I had been attempting novels since I was 14 but always ran out of steam. High hopes, poor craftsmanship.

Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.

At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States.

The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.

I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.

A season is not made in a week or two any more than a stellar game epitomizes greatness.

Our motto at Blue Origin is 'Gradatim Ferociter': 'Step by Step, Ferociously.'

Sometimes you will think you can't take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.

When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it.

Every time you step on the field you have to reestablish and re-prove yourself.

Every step of my career was hard work.

Overcome obstacles one at a time: Sometimes the end goal becomes too daunting, so take things one step at a time and overcome each obstacle as you get to it.