Quotes About Persistence

After leaving school, I worked as an electrician before becoming an actor.

In Lebanon, it's never over for anyone. You cannot write off anyone or anything in this country.

If I leave any legacy behind, it's just the idea, just the theory that you admit to your ambitions, and you don't let people tell you you're wrong to have those ambitions.

I've put it all on the line every time, win, lose, or draw, and that's what I want to be left behind in my legacy.

I took my dad's name to carry on his legacy because acting feels like something I'm meant to do. I want to try everything.

I was 12 when I turned my back on my goal. And I will keep doing it as long as my legs, my head, and my heart will allow.

If my mind gravitates to a role, I take it up, regardless of the length.

There have been lots of attempts to make a movie of 'Les Miserables' over the years.

The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.

I learned a lesson that once I get guys down, don't let them up.

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

Let go of the idea that somehow you can outsmart a first draft. Because I have never met anybody who can.

It really isn't important how you get your exercise, but it does matter that you keep it up. If you let go, you'll find it very hard to get started again.

Let us not alter our course simply because it leads into a dark thicket of work.

I had to deal with several stalkers and a lot of strange letters.

When you accomplish certain levels of success in a number, you want that number to always be a part of you. In a way, you're bringing that success with you when you're wearing it.

I will keep working on my own music because my heart lies there.

Everything you do in life is a process that you work at it, and you can't give up.

There's instances where you do everything right and you work hard and things don't work out. That's part of life, and it ends up being life lessons for some guys.

I'm a lifelong stutterer.

Eyeliner is a lifelong thing. You'll never get it perfect.

When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

I am a lifelong student, and anything I do, I'm all in.

I aim for a lifetime full of movies.