Quotes About Persistence

The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others.

I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.

It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled by obvious thugs and crooks.

I've been drawing as long as I can remember. I think all children draw as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.

I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.

I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.

My first job was to run a concessions cart. Later, I found a position at the Pacific Film Archive. Thus began a long series of jobs, each one slightly better than the last, that continued for a decade, until I sold my first novel, and still goes on, even now.

My personal challenge as an artist has been having a day job which is intellectually satisfying and fun - and thus can easily supplant the desire to make art.

I like challenges, and thus, I keep trying something different and new every time. And these challenges and interests turn into passion.

If I failed in acting, I wanted to have a backup, thus I chose architecture. I learnt painting as well.

My mother didn't baby me, and I think that helped me out thus far to keep my drive and my hunger. I don't take 'no' for an answer.

From the very beginning I knew I had to be a comedian, and thus preferred being one.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It's like, I show up on time. If you buy a ticket to one of my shows, I'll show up. I'll be there. And if it says 10:00, I'll be on stage at 10:00.

Golf would be my ticket somewhere, I told myself. I just couldn't say where it would lead me.

As long as you're recording and they pay the fee, it's like a lottery ticket. You never stop trying.

I saw 'Get On Up' about a dozen times. I went every day. Every single day, I was standing outside when the movie theatre opened and bought my ticket. The theatre was usually empty. I live in a town that wasn't eager or very interested in a James Brown biopic, but I couldn't stop watching Boseman.

If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.

Farz' proved to be a flop for the first 10 weeks. I remember buying tickets worth Rs 5000 myself, just so the film would run in theatres longer. And in the 11th week the film miraculously picked up and ran for 50 weeks!

I started off in sports centers with no promoter, no TV, no backing, just me, my bag and Oliver Harrison, having to sell tickets.

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

I feel like, as a person of color, I've always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

Con Air' and all these movies were what made me want to get into film and if 'Crimson Tide' is on the television, that's me for the next two hours. I'm not leaving.