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Quotes About Perseverance

I want you to remember the guiding principles of my life. You can be what you want to be, if you believe in yourself and work hard, because anything, and I'm telling you anything, is possible.
~ Kirby Puckett
The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.
~ Chuck Close
All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
~ Honore de Balzac
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
~ Thomas A. Edison
The world doesn't owe you anything. You have to work for everything you get and you have to appreciate every bit of success the world gives you.
~ Taylor Swift
Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
~ Nadia Comaneci
You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.
~ Gary Player
I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival.
~ Quentin Blake
The difference between camels and men; a camel can work a week and not drink; a man can drink a week and not work.
~ Julian Tuwim
The common denominator for success is work.
~ John D. Rockefeller
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. And if that doesn't work out for you, Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life.
~ Bob Saget
Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.
~ Brian Tracy
I think that I'd like to try to be a superwoman and have kids and work, so we'll see if I can actually accomplish that.
~ Brooklyn Decker
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.
~ Paul Keres
This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
~ Martin Fowler
This is what I learned at the hospital. You have to do everything you can, you have to work your hardest, and if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.
~ Bradley Cooper
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.
~ Charles Evans Hughes
You cannot cheat success! Gotta work for it! You gotta breathe it! Sleep it! Eat it!
~ Eric Thomas
I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.
~ Denis Johnson
Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it
~ Steve Jobs
You have to love your work. You have to save money instead of spending all of it. Look for areas you can compete in. Work damn hard. Most importantly, you have to love it.
~ John Gokongwei
I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.
~ Olivia Palermo