Quotes About Persistence

Want ever so gently. Invite your desires to you like you call a cat. Any aggressive move toward your goals will chase them away.

My fabulous architect godfather and mentor told me once that striving toward a goal - or perfection - gives one focus and direction, which is a helluva lot better than chasing one's tail.

It's an up and down thing, the human goals, because the human is always an explorer, an adventurist.

I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.

I don't ever really list things that I want to do. The only two things that I've ever wanted to do are be in a rock band and be a wrestler. Those were my two goals.

Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal.

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

We gain no easier advantage than by relentlessly pursuing our goal while others pursue an advantage.

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

Have confidence. Even if it's a perilous road, one day you will reach your goal.

You can bend but never break me. Cause it only serves to make me more determined to achieve my final goal.

And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It's the law of the universe.

Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when that path is blocked.

My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.

I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal

I've exceeded a few of my goals, but I'm behind on a couple of others.

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

There is a goal but no way; what we call the way is mere wavering.

You want to be around guys that you share the same goal with and guys who are thirsty and ready to hunt and get victories.

Failure may be just a step toward your eventual goal.

Keep striving for your goals, and remember that it's good to be ambitious.

I don't believe in compromise, I believe there is a goal we are trying to reach.

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.