Quotes About Perseverance

There is no happiness without hard work

I think work really is a life saver, because it carries you forward, which is good.

The biggest thing is not to lose your confidence and realize you've got to work through those mistakes to yourself a chance to improve.

Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate.

I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work.

I haven't been familiar with hard work. It was no problem for me. But first I hitchhiked to Pontiac, Mich. and got a job working in Fisher Body making those 1951 Pontiacs.

We are on top at the moment, but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

The writer's life [is] full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet the work can quite easily be buried, or half-buried, by the life.

I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.

Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none.

I went and did some things [rehab], and then of course my life didn't change that much [for a while], but I never missed work.

A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

I'm very good at being out of work.

I feel true success comes from being able to work and the love for it.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

I want to accomplish my work and fulfill my dreams, and do something with my life, and I hope I'll be able to accomplish it. It's very much work, but I like it.

I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate

Most things in this world don´t work, aspirin do.

I rewrite everything, almost idiotically. I rewrite and work and work, and rewrite and rewrite some more.

Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published.

I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.

My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs to make sure we didn't miss a beat.

As long as I stay honest with myself and just do the work that I am willing to do, and have been willing to do and am doing.