Quotes About Persistence

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

Grasshopper was tired. He lay down in a soft place. He knew that in the morning the road would still be there, taking him on and on to wherever he wanted t go.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

I'm a dreamer. I freely and readily admit that. But I consider that one of my strongest qualities.

To hope is to wait for things to come to you. To dream is part of the process of setting goals and then striving to achieve them. You first must dream of doing things before you can do them.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

If you don't find the time, if you don't do the work, you don't get the results.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

I'm a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it's done

Don't go where it's crowded. Go where it's empty. Even though it's harder to get there, that's where you belong and where there's less competition.

Every morning you have two options. Continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

Once you see results, it becomes an addiction.