Quotes About Persistence

I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

There is no subsitute for hard work.

Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.

If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.

Even with God's help there is no substitute for the hard work.

Believe in your work, educate yourself about the business, surround yourself with good people, set goals and timetables and stay focused on them.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day.

Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.

You will not be stuck forever. The trick is to know there are no tricks. There is, in fact, no easy way. There is only the work.

Never reject an idea, dream or goal because it will be hard work. Success rarely comes without it.

You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.

Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.

Whatever success people have in a field, it's a result of hard work. If you ultimately succeed in one place, you must have worked hard there or somewhere else.

No matter what responses you get from your work, you have to be determined not to give up on your dreams!

For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.

There is nothing more important than hard work.

If your hand doesn't work for it, your heart doesn't feel sorry for it.

Goals are visions and dreams with work clothes on.

Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did.

It's difficult to stop trying with the one you love. You always hope that this next time might work, might change everything for the better.

There's an old saying that when it gets tough the tough get going. You have to work your way through these things.

I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.