Quotes About Perseverance

I'm old-fashioned. Where I come from, people like to succeed. . . . When I was a founder, when I first started out, we didn't have the word 'pivot.' We didn't have a fancy word for it. We just called it a fuck-up.

Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.

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Don't let someone knock you off course before you reach your destination. Trust the work. Always trust the work.

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if we're serious all the time, we'll wear out before we get the truly serious stuff done.

The worst really wasn't that bad.

The antithesis of mastery is the pursuit of quick fixes.

Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

Failure is not necessarily durable. Remember that the things that they fire you for when you are young are the same things that they give lifetime achievement awards for when you're old.

The best way I can describe the feeling is a Finnish word, "sisu"—the mental strength to continue to try even after you feel you've reached the limits of your abilities. I don't think failure is sometimes part of the process—it always is. When you feel you can't go on, know that you're just getting started.

Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.

My first job. Ah, the memories. I'm hired for minimum wage as the cleaner at an ice cream parlor and quickly realize that the big boss's methods duplicate effort. I do it my way, finish in one hour instead of eight, and spend the rest of the time reading kung-fu magazines and practicing karate kicks outside. I am fired in a record three days, left with the parting comment, "Maybe someday you'll understand the value of hard work." It seems I still don't.

Arnold was able to use his biggest "flaws" as his biggest assets, in part because he could bide his time and didn't have to rush to make rent.

Even today, I still benefit from that because I don't merge and bring things together and see everything as one big problem. I take them one challenge at a time.

And when—despite your best efforts—you feel like you're losing at the game of life, remember: Even the best of the best sometimes feel this way.

I promise, if you just tell the truth and get your heart broken as a comedian, you will have a house.

Esto no significa ver los problemas, aceptarlos y dejar que degeneren.

She is the author of Unstoppable: My Life So Far.

It's easy to convince yourself that things need to be hard, that if you're not redlining, you're not trying hard enough. This leads us to look for paths of most resistance, often creating unnecessary hardship in the process.

Do not let people interrupt you. Find your focus and you'll find your lifestyle.

Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. To