Quotes About Persistence

I'm fortunate in one way and I can take pride from the fact that I've consistently performed for 10 years, which is something that not many people can do. I've consistently stayed near the top for 10 years which is maybe something that is overlooked and taken for granted.

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

It takes a certain level of maturity to get hit and get knocked down and get back up.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot.

It always takes the truth a little bit longer to cross the finish line.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

It takes many years to prove yourself the best in the world.

I hate losing, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be the best at whatever it is I'm doing.

It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span.

If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.

A longbow takes a massive draw for the arrow to go anywhere.

We're constantly faced with decisions. A lot of times, the right ones take more work; it takes longer to see benefit: they're the long route.

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

Being successful right away is obviously less stressful, but when it takes longer, it's often sweeter.

I always joke about letting the haters motivate you. Everybody has that in their life, people who doubt them or make them feel less than they are. It just takes faith and belief in yourself, and you've got to dig deep into that. That has to come from you - nobody's going to give you that.

There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey.

I'm not a manager. I just try my best and see where it takes me.

That's the beauty of the animation process: It takes so long, you have so many chances to improve it.

I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.

I've already proved I have what it takes to be the champion. I'm right there.

I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work as hard as anyone, and maybe harder, to finish a poem. I often write a poem over years, because it takes me a long time to figure out what to say and how best to say it.