Quotes About Perseverance

Everyone is entitled to reach for the stars.

I've been invited to do 'Dancing With the Stars' three times, but Lifetime said no.

I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.

I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no featherweight when it comes to digging deep and being involved. So many stars I know do so much. It's our duty to give back.

Making it to the finale of 'Dancing with the Stars' has been a major accomplishment.

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

Chefs don't become chefs just to earn stars - that's not the goal.

Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready.

Rock stars, like anyone else, have to show discipline and take consistent good actions.

Reach for the stars not drugs.

It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.

If Romeo can do 'Dancing with the Stars,' anything is possible.

The stars that have most glory have no rest.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years.

A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

I don't know that I came across as being real competitive on 'The Bachelor,' although maybe I did a little bit on 'Dancing with the Stars.' I am a born competitor. The bigger the challenge the better!

People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn't hitch at least one or two of his wagons to a star never gets very high up. Get your eyes off the ground. Look ahead.

'Dancing with The Stars' is like learning a new sport with lots of bumps and bruises.

Everybody - even huge movie stars - have downs. That's just how it is. The work ebbs and flows. My manager and I were saying, 'Let's remember that in 2013 we were soooo busy.' So whenever it is that we're not, maybe it'll come back again. Maybe it won't. But you've gotta love the ride.

I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.'

It ain't how you start out, it's how you finish.

If your life gets off to a rough start, just know this is helping you develop depth of personality and depth of character.