Quotes About Persistence

If you really want to go after something, you have to keep hammering at the stone whether or not the first hit or the 100th hit breaks the stone. You've got to believe that the stone is going to break.

I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

For 'The Gift of Stones,' I spent an afternoon chasing a flock of Canadian geese.

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

Some days are diamonds. Some days are stones. Sometimes you have a couple of stones in a row.

I'd like my grandchildren to be able to see that their grandmother stood up for something, a long time ago.

I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.

I climbed nine mountains because I love adventure, and I got addicted to that feeling and I never wanted to stop. I wanted to see what I could accomplish. I finally can say that I stood on top of the world.

I'm someone who loses 80 to 90 percent of the time. Even when I lost, I put my body on the line and I told the best story. If I stood out, if my attitude towards fighting was different, I found a way to stay around and keep revamping myself and my character.

eSpeed took the worst that the world could dish out, and it still stood and performed.

Despite being through 100 hurdles, I have stood up for myself.

I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.

Perfection is impossible, but you don't stop aiming for it.

Music is my life, so that journey will never stop.

You can do anything as long as you don't stop believing. When it is meant to be, it will be. You just have to follow your heart.

Don't let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You've got to set a high bar.

Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die.

The day you stop enjoying something is the day you should quit, if you can afford to.

The world doesn't stop spinning for anybody.

I love what I'm doing and will continue to do it, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

If you react to every barking dog, if you stop for every barking dog, you're never getting home.

I will never stop improving until I stop my career because I think every day you can improve, every day you can do something new, and every day you can do something better.