Quotes About Perseverance

I was terrible at desk jobs.

I want to die at my desk.

I can't say that while I sat at my desk cold calling or trying to help people re-mortgage that playing for England was a real achievable goal.

Sometimes, when I'm sitting at my desk for long hours and nothing's coming to me, I remember my fifth-grade teacher, the way her eyes lit up when she said, 'This is really good.'

When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.

A novel is something, while despair is nothing.

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

I never let myself get desperate.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

Whether you're a man or a woman, life can be very, very difficult and confusing and desperate, and it's life-enhancing to know that somehow, there is a way through it.

I would love to work with everyone, but I am not desperate. Things will happen eventually.

Desperate times make for desperate songs.

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no avail.

When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before and I desperately wanted to finish a book for the first time.

I am a person with no desperation and I live on hope, but the difference is that I do not compromise on hope.

I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable.

No, I don't want to exercise all the time. I still despise it, not at all.

I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and writers who despise you.

I despised basketball for a long time.

There is no way, believe me, despite my name being Winfield, and loving the game dearly. It wasn't in the cards. I didn't know what it was going to take to get here.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.

'Drama' was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I'm very proud of.

In fact, I never gave up doing dance shows despite films and even started my own dance school.

Prizefighter changed my life in so many ways, and I was dying to go into it despite me being the least experienced.