Quotes About Persistence

May misfortune follow us the rest of our lives, but never catch up.

Morelli ran after him, there was a lot of yelling and growling, and Morelli came down empty-handed. "He ate it," Morelli said. I was horrified to the point of gagging. Ranger stared down at his shoe, making a monumental effort not to laugh. And Morelli stood hands on hips, staring at the bloody splotch on his rug.

A winner is willing to look like a idiot for as long as it takes to get the job done.

I don't mean to be critical of the Trenton police, I said, but wouldn't you think someone could catch this goddamn rabbit? He's riding around, handing out photos.

Notice he called us losers and not quitters. That's on account of we never quit. In my mind, that's the difference between being a loser and a winner. A winner is willing to look like a idiot for as long as it takes to get the job done.

What I lack in expertise I make up for with desperation and tenacity, because I only get paid when I catch someone.

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

In my mind, that's the difference between being a loser and a winner. A winner is willing to look like a idiot for as long as it takes to get the job done.

I graduated J&W in the top ninety-three percent of my class, and I would have graduated higher, but I flunked gravy. My gravy had lumps in it, and that pretty much sums up my life so far. Not that it's been all bad; more that it hasn't been entirely smooth.

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May misfortune follow us for the rest of our lives, but never catch up-Nicolas Fox, The Heist

figure you gotta have the right attitude about this stuff. Take Dolly, for instance. Dolly was gonna try to keep her lunch date, which is a good thing, because life gotta go on. And even though he was dead, Dirk sort of looked like he was smiling.

Okay, let's try

Janet Evanovich

Never leave cubby. Work appears when cubby is left unattended.

I was getting nowhere fast on all this stuff, but as Yoda says, "Do or do not. There is no try." So, I was all about the do today.

Janet Evanovich

It was one thing to hope, but you had to take care of yourself in the present, or you wouldn't survive.

It is only by a great effort that we rouse ourselves to act, to fight, to struggle, to be heard above the wind, to crush flowers as we walk.

Unless you are an enormous name, you never stop auditioning.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.

I'd be twice as hard on my agent to get on the case. Because I think that's the only way you end up with Bridgerton.' You don't get there unless you're knocking on the door.