Quotes About Persistence

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.

You can't work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn't work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality!

But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love.

The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.

It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be.

Anyone who wants to achieve something, needs a lot of work.

Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

I suppose no matter what I'm drawing, there will always be some sort of question in my mind about it. A work of art (even cartoon art) is never really finished; it is abandoned.

I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth.

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.

How do I work? I grope.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Work is the thing that stays. Work is the thing that sees us through.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.

I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.

The harder we work now, the easier it will be later.

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.