Quotes About Persistence

People find a way through just about anything.

finish the Tom Clancy

Some never escape from the imprisoning conviction that a cold or unattainable lover can be persuaded to become warm or attainable if they only discover the key.

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.

It was difficult, but I managed. When I had money, I'd buy film and we'd shoot. I think your first film should be made with your own blood. [On producing his first full length film, Le Silence de la Mer (1949) himself]

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

May your passion be the kernel of corn stuck between your molars, always reminding you there's something to tend to.

Wish for nothing so much that you forget to make it come true.

Life has no auto-settings. No batteries. You gots to wind it up!

On a cloudy night, when nothing seems above, still, there is love. Always love. For something, from someone. It's never done. Never.

Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.

Focus on what you believe and what you want to create, regardless of the blowback.

We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

Some people say you have to work with everything, but there's a time and a place. If it feels like a knot, wait. It will come up again when you and the universe are ready.

I love anything that haunts me and never leaves

Regardless of what occurs on earth, what goes well, what doesn't go well, and all the things that challenge humanity and challenge us personally, the sun continues to rise every morning.

Once taken off one task without completing the transaction, the mind continues to seek closure. Fight to stay focused on the task at hand.

When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going there was no reason to quit.

Discipline is doing what you don't want to do so you can do what you want to do.

If you go into something, you better make it hard. Otherwise what's the point?