Quotes About Persistence

I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good! I'm starting to learn guitar.

All you can do is all you can do... If all you can do, is still not good enough, then go do something else.

It doesn't feel good when you have to struggle to get your pants on.

The human propensity is to believe that flukes of good fortune will never come to an end.

I knew 'Like Crazy' would be good, I just knew it, and that's why I fought so hard to be on it.

Success is so fleeting, even if you get a good book deal or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: What about the next one?

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

You have to go through a lot of crap to get to a good idea.

I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.

I never made a good movie.

I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then.

Sometimes good days are not always fun, sometimes they are good because of how hard they were and gratifying for those reasons.

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

The most difficult thing in baseball is to be consistent. You can have one good year, but if the next is bad you're defrauding everyone.

Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

They say I'm a one-horse trainer but didn't I make a good job of it?

Never give up, laugh a lot. Be good to others.

I always believe you can't kill good movies, because somebody's in some room and will die unless it gets made.

All good things come to an end. All bad things go on forever.

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this week there's a good chance we never get bin Laden. bin Laden! We couldn't even get O.J.!

I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.