Quotes About Persistence

I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.

Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.

I will continue my path, but I will keep a memory always.

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!

Some people will dream big dreams while others will wake up and do them.

When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.

Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.

And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, until I started to actually believe that what these other people were saying was true.

If people don't actively knock the scenery over and they get the words out in something approximating the right order, you're moving on.

No matter how many times you say you'll give up with words, if your heart still says "love", there's nothing to be done.

So I ask you, can you walk a mile? Every day, rain or shine, pain or gain, because you know you have to just to stay alive, just to breathe. Can you walk that mile?

Just imagine walking away from something you've started. Something you really believed would be good. I don't think i could ever do that.

There will always be something a little off, but like a three-legged dog, you'll learn to walk again.

Life and love go on, let the music play.

I practice more than ever ... mostly scales and arpeggios ... and anything I can't do.

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.

I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you get pretty good at it.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.

I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music was all I wanted to do.

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.