Quotes About Persistence

Although no one loves a typo, it's close to impossible to eradicate every single little mistake in a manuscript.

I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.

In the marathon anything can happen.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.

When I said I wanted to run a marathon, I wanted to do it under four hours. But when I started training, I was like, 'Oh I got this,' so I wanted to run between 3:30 and 3:35. I'm really proud of myself.

I said it for a long time I could run a marathon.

I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie.

My background is as an athlete, and you know, we in the Marines, when we want something, we go after it.

I made my mark in a man's world.

If you set a mark, it's tough to reach because you're going to be thinking about it so much.

Most of the people I admire as actors didn't make it until their mid-30s: the Mark Ruffalos, the John Hawkeses of the world.

I left my mark in the college game, and I'm definitely happy about that.

That's the mark of a man, just keeping your head up, right? Not taking the easy way out.

If you leave a mark, if you're liked by people, then the constant work will keep happening.

I've always had to create my own markets and I've always been at a juncture in my career.

We all go through periods of anguish, times when we think we can't face what lies ahead. But the only way to get past it is to go through it, straight through it. No detours, no camouflage, no running. You have to meet problems head-on, despite the pain.

Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, sooner or later— probably sooner— I'd look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I'd be disappointed in you if I didn't see you." "Are you off to the iceberg today?" Sophie retorted.

It's amazing the way one can take a step ten and a half miles long and still always land in a cowpat.

Por eso me gustan las arañas. Si al principio no lo consiguen, lo vuelven a intentar. Yo lo intento —dijo con gran pesar—. Pero la culpa es mía, porque hice un trato hace años y ahora jamás seré capaz de amar a nadie de verdad.

Evidently she was one of those people who like to cling to a theory once they have made it.

It's silly to let the bad things come out on top! The good, happy things are just as important. They just don't seem to last. You want to catch them at their best and keep them if you can.

Se a princípio não tiver sucesso, tente, tente, tente novamente.

NO! came his scream from beyond the wall of trees, hating, raging, desperate. But Nita felt no fear. It was as it had been in the beginning; all his no's had never been able to stand against life's I Am.