Quotes About Persistence

There's nothing more prized to a man than something he had to wait for, work for, or struggle a little bit to get.

The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work.

We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.

The real work is in the practice.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.

Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.

Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.

Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!

First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.

In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution.

After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work

My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.

Most of the time, the creative part is like playing in a sandbox. I can sit here and work for 12 hours and not get tired of it.

They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

It's all just venom to the soul and symptomatic of a larger issue: the idea of the shortcut. The result without the fight. The fight is the thing. The work.

Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.

Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.

Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work. If you're passionate about an idea that's stuck in your head, find a way to build it so you can prove to yourself that it doesn't work.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

Waking up in the morning, you didn't have to even think, you did it. Being able to get to work, didn't even have to think, you did it. That's miraculous.

Work only on problems that are manifestly important and seem to be nearly impossible to solve. That way you will have a natural market for your product and no competition.

Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field.

If you get an audition and you're out of work, you just say, "I've gotta go on this."