Quotes About Persistence

There are things that I work on day after day to be efficient down the stretch.

Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further.

Keep a strict, predictable schedule 365 days a year that has you eating, sleeping, and exercising at about the same times day in and day out.

The response to 'Kadamban' was strictly average; all of us know about it. The result didn't match our efforts and it was a let-down. We slogged hard and gave it our all, but failure is part of the game.

As art and/or design is often treated strictly as a hobby. But there are many who follow their passion and go ahead with that idea to carve a niche for themselves.

Football's football. You're going to come across the good and the bad, but you've got to take it all in your stride.

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

Despite facing rejections, I did not give in or take any other route. I was always open to face rejections. I took it in a positive stride.

Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes, even the best is not enough.

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

With luck, you have other things to do than wait for lightning to strike.

Drag Race' has given many super-talented people 15 minutes of fame... Many don't strike while the iron's hot though and are only really seen again sitting at finales or reunions for the show.

People strike out. I strike out a lot - it happens. Just got to keep working.

We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, we must strike it until it is hot.

Strike and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

If you think back to the beginning of the label, we knew we had to strike quickly and aggressively and go for the brass ring.

I think what I have learned is you can't avoid losing. You're going to strike out a million times. The whole point is not to dodge losing - it's to learn how to lose well.

You are not always going to have your A game; you might have your D game. You have to find a way to throw strikes no matter what.

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.

I was a third string guy for a couple of years.

I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as possible so I could hoard time to write.

For the longest time, I was auditioning, getting called back, and I had a long string of things not going my way. I thought, 'Maybe this is never going happen. Maybe I'll never book a commercial.'

That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and edit it. You find the moments and string them together.

I think, if I had a big flop, that probably it would have ended the string at Disney, but it didn't! Every film was a success.