Quotes About Perseverance

There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured. You have to have a really strong mind to deal with the dance world. People who can do it are amazing to me. You cannot have a life outside of dance.

Mentally strong people overcome setbacks with confidence because adversity only makes them better.

You have to have a strong sense of self in this business - otherwise they're going to spit you out.

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

When I need motivation, I just think I can do everything if I maintain a strong sense of will.

I had the strong sense that I really wanted to be a SEAL, and I started thinking, 'Look, I don't ever want to look back and feel I have any regrets.'

People who have a strong sense of determination about themselves, I feel like the sky is the limit for those types of people.

I had to work hard... but I knew I had strong support.

I still go through times when I'm down. I don't feel like I'm that strong woman that people think I am today.

People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else.

I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.

I think it's important to be that strong woman and to follow your passions regardless of what your situation is.

My mother is a very strong woman. We were seven kids; five of them passed away. My elder brother and I are alive. My mother lost five kids, her husband, her parents and siblings. But she is so strong, she is living for the people who are alive.

It's hard to keep moving forward, keep working, and keep your head up, but that's what strong women do. Especially being a mom, I can't fall apart.

My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn't have any money, because Africa was the 'dark continent', and because I was a girl.

I grew up with strong women around me. My grandmother came to this country not able to speak the language, on her own with seven kids. And she got through it.

There are times where you don't think you can be one of those strong women. You're not one of the leaders right? But that doesn't mean you're not. And that doesn't mean you're not a trailblazer.

I'm strong-willed, but that doesn't mean I can't work with people if we're all in the mission of trying to make a good movie.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

As Jamaicans, we're very resilient and strong-willed people.

We rise to challenges, we will meet them, we're well prepared for them, we'll get through them and we'll emerge on the other side stronger.

The more I'm persecuted, the stronger I get.

I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.