Quotes About Perseverance

I'm not doing my work for constant success.

I never actually expected success, but it doesn't surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into what I do.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.

If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

I believe that the true value of life lies in work, diligence and innovation. After all, work is the essence of humanity.

You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it's easy. I work long hours.

At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.

I need to work on defensive play and being consistent.

Dreams do not work unless you do.

Sometimes a song can take up to a year to write, and because I waited that year and waited to work on it that day, it came up that extra 50 percent.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

One who works twice as hard will have four times as much accomplishment. If he works 3 times as hard he will have 9 times as much accomplishment and 9 times more fun in the process.

No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That's why they call it rewriting.

Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I have to work really hard to keep myself afloat, doing what I do. But I find it pleasurable.

A good friend is one of the hardest things to keep in this life. Don't forget that sometimes you have to work at it.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.

In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don't flinch, don't fall; hit the line hard.