Quotes About Persistence

I am a workaholic man and I am used to working from morning to evening.

'Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.' I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That's perfection.

I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I think that shows hard work pays off. A good thing takes a while.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.

I never made it on 'Castle.' I tried a few times, so I don't know, but it never worked out.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

I've worked very hard for everything I have and nothing has come easy.

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.

I worked my butt off.

You're always becoming; you've never arrived. And I use that day by day just for me to work hard each and every day, and know that no matter how good I worked out today, no matter how good I thought I was today, I can always get better and always be a better person.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

I worked on 'Happy-Go-Lucky' for seven-and-a-half months, and I'm in it for two minutes - largely because Sally Hawkins turned left instead of right.

I have worked very hard to achieve this. If others also work hard, they can also achieve as much.

I have always worked hard. The only thing missing was a smile from Lady Luck.

Hard work and only hard work has paid off for me. Being a very small industry, hard work is a must. It has worked wonders for me most of the time.

I worked odd jobs delivering pizza, folding chairs, telemarketing, selling kitchen cutlery door to door.

People would say it's very improbable that I'd make it to this point in my life. I made it here because I wasn't discouraged. I worked hard to get here, took advantage of every opportunity that I had.

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.

When you are born and brought up in Udupi, you end up as a doctor or an engineer. Else you are thought to be a dull head. I had to complete my engineering and worked in the IT industry for a few years to get myself the financial support to pursue my dream of acting.

Nobody worked as hard to make snooker a popular sport as I did.

When I was on the bench, I worked harder.

Because I knew how hard I worked, I knew the pain, I knew the sacrifice, I knew the tears, I knew everything. Despite everything, I stuck to it. I toughed it out, and I kept my head in the game, even when the odds were against me.

15 Storeys High' is the hardest thing I've worked on. 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I'd been in Hollywood for five years before I started writing 'The Guild.' I worked enough to pay all my bills. So I was very lucky in that respect. Most people don't make a living acting.