Quotes About Persistence

Success is not an accident. It is sheer hard work. There is no short-cuts. You have to take the stairs and you have to start from the bottom.

I'm a hard-working girl. I go to the office. I work a normal 9 to 5 job most days.

There've been many a season where I couldn't get work, and I think that you learn character development and you learn how to really want what you do in life when you can't really do it.

I believe if you work hard and you dream big enough, you can accomplish anything in this world.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

I don't know anything about luck, but that the harder I train, the luckier I get.

Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

You can't coach desire, and no matter how fancy your training plan or how high your stated goals are, it comes down to getting out the door and doing the work day after day.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don't come easily.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

My approach has been that a player with determination and a willingness to work harder than anyone else can accomplish anything. It's a simple formula. I've found it works.

If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.

You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do.

You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.

When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.