Quotes About Persistence

You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

There's no time to waste. Every day, there needs to be movement on something.

Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop.

Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.

I've done it for a long time and I didn't expect it to be any different here.

Just do what you like to do, and do it all the time.

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

Sometimes we have to wait a long time to see conversions.

I want the scripts Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't have time for. Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn't available? Call me.

When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the same mistakes every time.

A perfectionist has to take his time.

The ability of dandelions to tell the time is somewhat exaggerated, owing to the fact that there is always one seed that refuses to be blown off; the time usually turns out to be 37 o'clock.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way.

Patience and time conquer all things.

Every time a man puts a new idea across, he faces a dozen men who thought of it before he did. But they only thought of it.

When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach.

Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.

Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression.

It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

Keep on dreaming boy cause when you stop dreaming it's time to die.

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)

I would join Sisyphus in Hades and gladly push my boulder up the slope if only, each time it rolled back down, I were given a line of Aeschylus.