Quotes About Persistence

It's actually true that I keep myself going by constantly promising myself that in response for the hard work I will be allowed to do some more hard work later on.

Writers: believe! And go do the work . . .

From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles, they will vanish. But the work you have done will remain for the ages.

I never failed. It just didn't work 10,000 times.

I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.

On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows or contradictions to yield, but to push on towards the goal.

Ive always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I always keep more than one thing going.

I believe if you work really hard and follow what you want to do in life that that combination - I believe in it. You need to take risks.

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

Tiger, come on now, you've still got work to do. This round and golf tournament are not over. Hang in there and finish the race.

I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work.

This is the kind of work I've aspired to my whole career.

'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.

Hard work has paid off a whole lot.

Do the work. Create the character, don't wing it and don't hope for an award or the Red Carpet. At the end of day the people who stay in the line the longest are the people who are good.

All I do is work, that's all my life is work.

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer toil can be healthy and exhilarating.

A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you.

The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort.

Results should not be too voluntarily aimed at or too busily thought of. They are sure to float up of their own accord from a long enough daily work at a given matter.

A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.

Everything yields to diligence

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work