Quotes About Perseverance

With 'Woman Far Walking,' that was as good as it gets and I didn't want to do any more. It was satisfying but really exhausting and I didn't want to go back there any more. It was feeling like a 9-5 job and I didn't feel excited about it.

I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.'

Save the stonewall to build the levees.

They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me.

I was smart or lucky or both. I saved my money. I was on TV for 10 years, and then I spent eight more years on the road. Working on the road is where you really can save money if you put your mind to it.

Basketball saved my life.

I can truly say that a lot of things that happened in my life, saved my life.

Work is what saves you.

I think saving the NHS is a lifetime's work.

The older I get, the more I'm saving the day.

I can't be a savior. But I can be the best I can be.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

I put pressure on myself all the time. I felt it so much with 'Sax,' but I had to just let go and enjoy it.

Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.

No matter what, I still was gonna make music, even if it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.

When I first started playing guitar, I would sit in my room for hours and learn scales.

Back when I first started with Scandal, I felt like I had to carry a lot of the weight because it was up to me to sell those songs.

English people have seen me get through scandals.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

You must have high ambitions and high ambitions scare small-minded people.

Failure does not scare me.

Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

I'm not scared of anyone. They have two arms and two legs, and I will do my best and win.