Quotes About Perseverance

Defense is something I take a lot of pride in.

I took the same pride in my dishwashing job as a child as I take in running my company today.

But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows?

I am not a prima donna. It's just that I feel cold on the bench.

I knew I wanted to be an engineer, but I didn't know what type of engineer. I chose electrical engineering primarily because it was the hardest one to get into. It's ridiculous when I think about it now, but it worked out OK.

I lost my first mayor's race. I lost the primary. But we came back and won that. So I know you've got to play to win, but you can't be afraid to lose.

When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope in some small way that I can inspire them to do better by sharing my own story with them and telling them never to give up on their dreams.

I had to earn everything. So to have an opportunity to be a primary perimeter option on the offense is really something that I really enjoy.

In my day, I, myself, in my prime, in the late-'50s-mid-'70s I was about 270-275. After I broke my neck and I was in the hospital for a month or so, I dropped the weight to about 250 and I kept that weight until I retired.

Jack Wilshere is a prime example of how things work. He went to Bolton and did really well, then he went back to Arsenal and really kicked on. It is something quite a few of the young boys look at and think, 'If he can do it, so can we.'

I am a prime example of what the American dream is.

We expect to be a prime in the fighter jet business for the long run. This is not a business we're getting out of at all.

In life, you're always going to have obstacles put in your path and I am a prime example of from when I was a little girl to where I am now, you control your own destiny.

One of the most difficult decisions for any prime minister is when to give up on a bad but long-cherished policy.

The fact I'm the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.

When I was 14, I told all the girls in my class that I wanted to be the first woman prime minister. Someone else beat me to that!

Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.

To be prime minister, you need to fight many entities, you need to be very determined. It's not going to fall in your lap.

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

Don't let the Disney princess hair fool you.

From baby time to now, I wanted to be a Disney princess, and then I wanted to be a singer or an actress.

I had a great deal of confidence when I graduated from Berkeley. I had almost none when I was at Princeton. After a while, when people tell you you can't do something because you're a woman, you begin to believe maybe they're right.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

Princeton was really hard. I had learned how to write well at boarding school, and I knew if I majored in English and I just did the work, I could get B's.