Quotes About Perseverance

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.

[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell.

Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow; work with a stout heart and resolute will.

I work really long days and I work seven day weeks.

Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.

Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.

Really in all my years on Tour, in the U.S. Open I probably played great golf in two of them, out of maybe 20, so it's a lot of work.

It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and hard work.

Eventually you're supposed to get so confounded by this whole thing that you just give up completely, and that's when it starts to work. Not give up the practice, but give up trying to figure it out.

It is necessary to have a strong focus. Work will give you that focus.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

Will it, and set to work briskly.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

There's been a lot of guys that come out of Texas who have made it really big. So it's not a geographic thing, it's a how hard are you willing to work for it.

I am a big guy and happen to play a position that requires you to be relatively quick. I can't let up now. I have to work every day to be better next year.

Amateurs hope. Professional work.

When I started out jumping around with a tennis racket, I never thought I would end up on a list of the best guitar players in the world. It makes me feel proud of the hard work I've put in.

Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.

I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work.

Never give up on an idea simply because it is bad and doesn't work.

Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work.

A good solid bit of work lasts.

There's many a good bit o' work done with a sad heart.

After I got out of the studio system, I was completely [broke] for the 30th time; they said I'd never work again. So I'm going to go and produce those movies that they wouldn't let me do.