Quotes About Perseverance

Fail again, fail better.

I failed my HGV licence three times.

I did badly in high school. I don't know why, but I failed all my exams. Then I took them again.

Basically, I thought I had nothing to lose so I'd try my luck as a stand-up comedian. So even if it all failed, I was at the bottom of the food-chain anyway.

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

I wanted to be a huge star and I have failed.

I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.

Yes, I have 'failed' at marriage - a lot.

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

When Netscape failed, it didn't mean the Internet was over.

I never failed at anything in fiction.

When I went to do law, I kind of drifted through that and thought, 'I can pass these exams.' And I didn't - I failed three times, and each time I did worse and failed by a bigger margin. And that taught me so much.

After my first film, I was having trouble finding a second film. I had a lot of attempts that failed.

I've failed a lot, you know, in football, and I've gone on a lot of auditions, been told no, been told I'm not right, so I know what failure feels like. It's about the work.

I got real bored in '96. Wasn't nobody to fight. Nothing to look forward to. That's when I started playing basketball again. Had I not started playing basketball, my boxing career would have failed. But I went from a sport where nobody could touch me to another where I couldn't touch nobody.

My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again.

I've failed a lot in my career.

Before I was a champion, I failed, and I was afraid.

Everybody has auditioned and failed. You learn from that. It's how you learn your craft.

I always wanted to play with the older kids because they were better and it was more fun. It was harder, and I failed more, but it was more fun.

I'm really scared of failing.

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.

I like movies about failing.

I don't believe in failing. I have dignity.