Quotes About Persistence

A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.

I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

Time is inelastic and inflexible. Time is indispensable. No achievement is possible without time.

Every time something bad happens, like we lose a day because of weather or an actor gets injured or anything else happens, the schedule has to change. It's the most challenging Tetris puzzle.

How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.

The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's lifetime.

There's never a time when I'm not working. I don't take vacations.

I'm still an actor who wants to work all the time.

Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.

What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

It doesn't matter whether the Dow is 5000 or 50,000. If you're an entrepreneur, there is no bad time to start a company.

I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You don't have to do them all at once.

One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it is impossible they will ever be right.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.

Do your best, And leave the rest, 'Twill all come right Some day or night.

What can't be cured must be endured," said I

If you require perfection, you never will

nothing was seen or heard of Mr. Weston; until, at last, I gave up hoping, for even my heart acknowledged it was all in vain. But still, I would think of him: I would cherish his image in my mind; and treasure every word, look, and gesture that my memory could retain;

Patience, Firmness, and Perseverance were my only weapons; and these I resolved to use to the utmost.

Minden igaz történetnek van valami tanulsága, ámbár némelyikben nehéz meglelni e kincset, s ha megleljük is, gyakran oly csekélynek bizonyul, hogy a száraz, összezsugorodott bél nem kárpótol bennünket a dió feltörésének fáradságos munkájáért.