Quotes About Persistence

Work. Study. Focus. Dedicate yourself to it and don't give up.

One of the things you dont always realize when youre younger is that not everything you try is going to work.

Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I'm in Brighton and work. Whether I feel like it or not is irrelevant.

I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.

You've really got to keep on improving and improving and improving. It still involves work. It's not like you get to a point, and then you're good and that's it.

Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of the seed that you lovingly planted.

I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's done.

It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked so hard, didn't drink, didn't enjoy life.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

You always get paid for how hard you work, but it's not always right away.

It's really nice to know hard work does pay off.

The greater the value of the object desired, the greater the effort required in its attainment.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

There is only one religion in the world-hard work

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.

The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!

I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity.

It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too, and that's the one part of me that nobody sees. But I intend to be around for a long time yet.

Modeling isn't for the faint of heart, you have to really want it and work hard for it.