Quotes About Persistence

Romanian was right about one thing: all it took to have a good life was a cheerful, grateful mood, a clearly envisioned, heartfelt dream, and the willingness to chase it with an unwavering belief in its eventual realization.

But the Romanian was right about one thing: all it took to have a good life was a cheerful, grateful mood, a clearly envisioned, heartfelt dream, and the willingness to chase it with an unwavering belief in its eventual realization.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

A man with a new idea is a crank -- until the idea succeeds.

Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it hundreds of times.

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.

There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.

To cease smoking is the easiset thing I ever did. I ought to know, I've done it a thousand times.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, what counts is the size of the fight in the dog.

When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door.

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.

At one point you think, well, it's funny, I could just be a starving actor... So if somebody were to pull the plug right now, there'd be no room for complaint.

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

If we lose this war, I'll just start another in my wife's name.

I didn't train all that time just to come here and get it over with as fast as I can

And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.

Wolves never look more funny than when they have lost the scent and scrabble to find it again: they hop in the air; they run in circles, they plow up the ground with their noses . . . .

You've got to try and do your best, and the failure is what's funny. But you can't be aware of the failure, you've just got to keep trying to do your best.