Quotes About Persistence

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.

Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.

Eventually I booked a 2-line role on a show called 'JAG' and slowly the parts got bigger and better. I'm very thankful that I had to appreciate how difficult the business is before I had any kind of success.

A good idea takes its own time to catch up, you need to give it that time and not give up

Do not take no for an answer

Entrepreneurs give up sense of entitlement for school/university or how much money you were able to raise so far. Nothing succeeds like success.

defeat the defeat before the defeat defeats you

Those Astronauts, keep on hanging, to those dreams. Lal Kitab

I always have this feeling that there's going to be at least one more big, big role that will be another breakout part for me. I'm not sure when that's coming along, but I keep thinking about it, looking for it. I've been writing them too, but it's hard to get things done. I've always been a person who's fantasized about how things are going to be, which is sometimes almost as satisfying as something actually happening.

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

I want to be your personal penguin. Please?

What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time.

Daggers ever at the ready, I went about the day: children fed, linens mended, bedclothes aired. In little ways one conquers fear.

that good yet, but she did

She sighed. "Have I ever told you that you're impossible?" His smile was wonderfully wicked. "Have I ever told you that there is no such thing as impossible?

I ride hard to fetch the roo.

I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.

Breaking bad habits is like training a dog, you got to be consistent.