Quotes About Perseverance

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

Like most pictures that I've done, I've had no idea whether anyone would ever want to see 'em. But I figured, I'd like to see it.

Work hard, keep your nose clean, and just stick around.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Clint Richmond

The flower imperishable of this valiant age, - A true American!

Thick skin is not the thing to have if you are an artist of any kind. It's got to be bulletproof in the sense that it lets the bullet in, and it travels through, and it comes out the other side. I've had everything hurled at me, especially in Australia. Australia is where the tough journalists are.

Books are the anchors Left by the ships that rot away.

To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly. —EDWARD GIBBON,

Many attempt without success to make up for their lack of talent with defects of character.

Noël Coward's comment about the secret of success being the capacity to survive failure.

We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.

Make it on your own if you think you can. If you see somewhere to go, I understand.

Now if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song Well it's just that I've been losing so long.

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Great loves too must be endured.

We still got roaches on the bed, walls, and floors, but Troy ain't even crying 'bout them no more. He probably too used to them by now.

Until then, have great expectations. Keep believing you dreams will come true. And remember, when life throws you a pit... plant a cherry tree.

When life throws you a pit, plant a cherry tree.

Be loyal to your daily practice. Keep working. And keep knocking on the door. As you'll remember, it is said in one of Rumi's most pithy moments that the door we're knocking on opens from the inside.