Quotes About Perseverance

Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse!

People think the chorus is the hard part in 'Take on Me,' but they're wrong. The hard part was making the verses bounce.

Believe it or not, I sold my first novel, 'Crank,' with only seventy-five pages complete. It was in verse then, and it was hard-hitting then.

There are people who think it's easier to write books in verse, and it's definitely not.

My only verse I remember really working on was 'Mixtape,' and I took 45 minutes on that because I wanted it to be tight.

I know it might sound strange to some people, but I really do need The Word with me and if I don't have a Bible with me, then I've found that even just studying certain verses keeps me going.

I don't believe in writer's block. I'll get stuck, but being stuck, I'll still write a verse. If you know where you're going, you can always start from there and work your way back.

My supplements are similar to my training - I always commit to being a better version of myself.

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and usually once I've gotten to the next scene, I'll discover what was missing from the bad version scene. Then I can easily rewrite it to get back on the right path.

You've got to stay super focused on shipping product. There isn't a version two or three if there isn't a great version one.

I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly expanded version of a band I had before I ever signed a record contract. We had singers and horns.

I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy.

In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.

I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet.

geniul nu este decât un împrumut: trebuie s?-l meriÈ›i prin mari suferinÈ›e, prin încerc?ri pe care s? le înduri cu modestie È™i fermitate; pân? la urm? sfârÈ™eÈ™ti prin a auzi voci È™i scrii dup? dictare.

Shall I have to go off again, leaving my research, my book and everything else unfinished? Shall I awake in a few months, in a few years, broken, deceived, in the midst of new ruins? I would like to see the truth clearly before it is too late.

Le génie n'est qu'un prêt: il faut le mériter par de grandes souffrances, par des épreuves modestement, fermement traversées; on finit par entendre des voix et l'on écrit sous la dictée.

We must have the courage to write those first words, stringing them together and perhaps stumbling, but staying in motion.

Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear.

My left hand trembling cut the flesh of my calves to drain the fear from my walk

The label of marathoner has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.

To reach the finish line in a marathon is to enter an elite group: only about one-tenth of 1 percent of the population does it.

those with the right Run-Walk-Run adjustments are strong to the finish. They are the "passers" not the passees" during the last few miles—which is very empowering.

After all, behavior is the ultimate determiner of survival.