Quotes About Persistence

Conscientiousness comprises industriousness, self-control, stick-to-itiveness, and a desire for order.

Cuando los niños dicen «no puedo» o «no quiero», pídeles que agreguen la palabra «todavía». Esto promueve una actitud abierta a la posibilidad muy poderosa, porque opera desde el cerebro afirmativo con la idea de que podrán tener éxito, de que lo lograrán siempre y cuando estén dispuestos a prepararse, a perseverar y a trabajar para conseguirlo.

delaying gratification, about having to work for something, about dealing with disappointment.

it is much easier to strive for perfection when you are never bored.

I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.

Viewers don't like rudeness, but they like us to be persistent.

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.

Although the views have gone up and the comments have gone up, I never drop a project and disappear.

I spent three months working on music videos, working eighteen-hour days, put it out, got half-a-million views... and got a check in the mail for a couple hundred bucks.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.

I shall be active and vigorous even from the tomb.

You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don't take no for an answer.

I'm reaching 87, trying to keep fit, presenting a vigorous figure, and it's an effort, and is it worth the effort? I laugh at myself trying to keep a bold front. It's become my habit. I just carry on.

I was very into football in my early teens and spent six months with Aston Villa, but I never really got further than having trials. I'm also into ice hockey.

I've started the coaching badges. I did some at Aston Villa, but things got in the way.'

I actually stormed out of the villa and said, I want to go home, I can't do it any more, I can't find a man.' I'm so proud that I got the strength to stay and carry on.

I had to either get better or leave the field. I couldn't go back to my village as a failure. The only thing that occurred to me was that I would work hard and get better next year. I feel that my love for the craft has got me this far, and this love is still there.

I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.

I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?

My father came to Chennai at the age of 16 from a village in Coimbatore. He was an artist and was clear he wanted to do something, so he came to Chennai and joined an art course for eight years before he came into films.

Acting happened to me by chance. Even I'm surprised how a man from a small village, Belsand, in Gopalganj district has reached Bollywood.

I came to Mumbai from a village to become a good actor and fortunately I have really got much love from my industry and audience and that is really satisfactory for me.

'The Villain' is another project with Mohit Suri under Balaji Productions. It was again very tough to impress him even after 'Sun Raha Hai' but some how I manage to get in.