Quotes About Perseverance

Don't respect a lot of rappers, feel I had a harder life

If you don't respect nothin' else, you will respect this hustle.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we've survived all we have and kept going anyway.

I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep.

There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect.

You train, you fight, you show respect at the end of it.

I've learned so many things and a lot of things I've learned the hard way. I look at failure as education in that respect I'm very well educated.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.

No matter how much I respect someone or how much I like someone, it doesn't exceed my will to win.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.

I had did so much to Larry [Holmes] in the ring that I made him respect me in the fight.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.

You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.