Quotes About Persistence

Stay in your lane. If you're good enough, people will move to you.

I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough... yet." Which meant it was up to me.

Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.

The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.

It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good

In various memoir pieces, I have traced the trajectory of yearning through decisions made, good and bad, that had somehow kept the ambition on track.

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

You have good games, you have bad games. You have good years, you have bad years. I have always been kind of philosophical about that.

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

The script comes first. If that isn't good enough, you know it's gonna be a long ride.

It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream.

Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it.

If government were a plant, it would be kudzu.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails admit it frankly and try another but above all try something.

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast but never sinks.

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You're never too old or too busy to continue your educatioan!

When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?

Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.