Quotes About Perseverance

I have always been a business person.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through this business.

If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

We've weathered several periods when times weren't so good, and so I don't think we'll cancel our advertising now. In fact, we might even increase it.

The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.

Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats

When I do something, I do it all the way. I've been in show business so many years. I've achieved a lot of things.

To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks.

Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.

You need more than an idea to run a business

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.

People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you.

People always say, well, how do you get through show business? How do you swim the waters? And how do you survive and all that? I had a very solid method, and that is team up with ambitious partners.

Focus on building the best possible business. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear.

If you want your business to survive for 100 years, you've got to make it through every single day for 100 years. It's not enough to do it 99.9% of the time.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

After a hit show is over, you soon realize this is a very tough business ... brutally tough. But I'm a better actor and I have more gravitas than I had at 24 with bleached-blonde hair.

If I don't make music I'm going back to the hood. I'll sell crack. I'm gonna go back to sell crack if I can't make it in the music business and that's what I was doing before that.