Quotes About Persistence

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

I'm stubborn; I know what I want. I'll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it.

I'm a pretty stubborn guy. I don't quit too easily.

I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist.

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer in politics, but once you have the right goal and desire, you will reach it.

I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.

When things take a long time, I just get really stubborn.

The most difficult thing about my job is that I do a lot of 19-hour days. It's really difficult to have a life, never mind a relationship. I don't have any regrets, really. I'm quite content. I'm very stubborn and persistent. I just keep working.

Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.

I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season.

As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.

I've always been stubborn.

The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can't just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.

I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.

I'm really incredibly stubborn - you can ask my ex-husband. I think when you tell me 'no', if it's something I really want, I'm just going to push harder.

I was told 'no' a lot when I first got to Nashville, but I'm pretty stubborn! That's one of my faults and qualities.

Everything comes from your mind. You have to push yourself to get things going in your direction. If you are stubborn, nothing will help. If you are sad, nothing will help. You have to keep positive and to work very well for your next chance.

I'm stubborn, which is not necessarily admirable.

If you're going to be an entrepreneur, most likely you're going to be Type A - stubborn.

I'm stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go.

In the beginning, I was very stubborn and always wanted to be just an actor. I was told by a lot of people to try my hand at writing or directing, but I always thought, 'I am an actor, and this is what I want to do.'

I've always been a stubborn kid.