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Quotes About Perseverance

You never make it, especially in this industry where you constantly churn out stuff, things. You never finish.
~ Tom Ford
I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them.
~ Harmony Korine
It took us three months to finish the arrangement of 'Thunderstruck.'
~ Luka Sulic
The only real failure to me is if you don't finish something.
~ Josh Malerman
I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.
~ Allen Iverson
Fighting somebody like Manhoef, who can take anyone out at any point in time - that was a big win for me and one of the best finishes. In that fight, it wasn't looking good for me, but I kept believing in myself and was able to land a big shot, which was huge!
~ Robbie Lawler
Canelo's going to have his moments. I'm not saying he's not. But I'm going to have my moments. It will come down to who can finish off their moments and finish the fight the best.
~ Liam Smith
It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
~ Yolandi Visser
I'm always thinking about future projects and at the same time trying to finish the project you're in the middle off.
~ Jerry Lewis
When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you could just do something else - but nothing else makes me as happy.
~ Claire Messud
Whenever I finish a movie, I usually go through a period where I think I'll never have another idea. And then, somehow, you get another idea.
~ Sofia Coppola
Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see.
~ Nell Scovell
It's not like I've got 100 ideas. I finish a book, and I've got none.
~ Peter Carey
School is something that I drive to finish.
~ Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
When I got into this sport, I thought all I had to do was beat people and finish fights, and everything else would take care of itself.
~ Demetrious Johnson
I kind of tend to write a lot of songs, so it's never too hard for me to finish an album; it's more about just getting enough songs that I really love.
~ Soccer Mommy
It's important to complete things and finish what you started.
~ Lee Pace
There is no finish line to leadership.
~ Julia Hartz
I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.
~ Asafa Powell
You can sand something forever. You can keep working on it. All the arts are like that: there's no magical finish line. You get sick of working on it or you walk away.
~ Samuel Ervin Beam
You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to try to hold it back to how they grew up, and it's not the same. You've got to change with the times, and some of the guys you've got to drag across the finish line.
~ Mike D'Antoni
I never think: 'If I crash, I'm going to hurt myself.' I might think: 'If I crash, I'm not going to win.' Everything's about that finish line.
~ Mark Cavendish
Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
~ Namie Amuro
So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live like this, I'm finished. Auschwitz was easy.
~ Witold Pilecki