Quotes About Persistence

I plan on having a long career. I don't want to burn out.

I try to keep that fire burning inside of me.

When I made my first decision, come hell or high water, that I would try to be a professional actor, I was burnt. Emotionally, I was burnt.

If you don't feel hunger, you don't succeed at anything.

I was excited at something new, always liked something new, but give credit to everybody who helped. I didn't do anything alone but try to go to the root of the question and succeeded there.

I've failed way more than I've succeeded.

In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.

If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us.

When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.

I have succeeded at times and failed at others, but I am here to do good cinema.

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding. It can be, 'Hey we tried that. We can go forward, smarter.'

I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.

She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.

Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Nothing comes easy. Success doesn't just drop on your lap. You have to go out and fight for it every day.

Success doesn't happen overnight.

The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.