Quotes About Perseverance

Starting out, when I was on pirate radio, or even around 2005 when I was supporting Mike Skinner at Brixton Academy, I never really saw myself being able to play my own show there.

I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.

Everton always seemed to be fighting relegation when I was supporting them.

The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

Sadly, I've seen a lot of bands hit that sort of peak and then eventually start supporting again, you know, which we will never do. We always put a lot of thought into the way that we are going to go, and we always change.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

In 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs, having failed at everything else, decided to write a novel. He was then in his mid-thirties, married with two children, barely supporting his family as the agent for a pencil-sharpener business.

I have been a scrappy actor for 10-plus years, and when you're playing supporting roles, your relationship with the costume designer is very different.

I never saw a consistent through-line of employment for black actresses. I was like, 'How are they supporting themselves?'

In high school, I played football and became an all-American offensive lineman, but my father hadn't been to any of my games. In those instances, you still hold your head up high. But, when you look up into the stands and you see everyone else's parents cheering and supporting, you have to just stay focused and push through.

When I was growing up, nobody was really supporting me, especially in L.A.

I've played as a lone striker and enjoyed it, especially if you have good supporting players around you. But a full season by myself? That would be hard.

One should always move on in life, and if we have a supporting hand, it becomes even better.

Supporting Spurs is a bit like being in the Labour Party. It's a labour of love, believe me.

The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.

I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.

Doing science at the highest level is hard for anyone. It's hard for women, and it's hard for the men. And we need to have supportive mentors and role models we can look up to.

My mum was very supportive, and I don't really understand why when I think of her humble beginnings. She grew up in one room with my grandma, my grand-dad and her siblings and a fire-pit outside to cook on. Now she's a homeowner in Manchester and has a business.

I would say my parents were really supportive after a point. I had to prove to them that I am not just dreaming; I can really make it.

I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I told them I was in the middle of my first book.

Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

I think it's good for parents to be supportive, to motivate, and to somewhat nudge their kids because the majority of kids will want to quit something when it gets hard - that's just their nature. Children will normally take the easier road.

At first, people thought I was just some kind of kook. But now they see the cathedral, see what I have done, and they are supportive.