Quotes About Perseverance

The father of every good work is discontent, and its mother is diligence.

To be honest like when you work at something for a long time and then coming to a family of people who support what you do hmm... you are very lucky!

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.

I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times.

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.

The more one works, the more willing one is to work.

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

When you don't work for a while, immediately you get a little black mark next to your name.

I train a lot of people on the side as a personal trainer, but I still work out myself to keep in great shape.

Hard work always wins in the end.

Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.

Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work.

Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands have to push, work, grind, and struggle to make it happen on their own.

I try not to have expectations because they can tend to tear you apart. I expect to work as hard as I can possibly work and I expect to give every ounce of a hundred percent.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

When we accomplish a goal, it instantly loses some of its importance and we tend to lose interest. When we write down too many goals, there is plenty to keep our subconscious mind at work.

Sometimes we come up with something great, but a lot of times it just feels like work.