Quotes About Perseverance

Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion.

If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.

The key to successful business is self belief and application.

A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

We have been just going like a house afire, and we couldent see any reason why we shouldent keep right on burning. Our tastes were acquired on credit, and we wanted to keep on enjoying 'em on credit.

In business, as in baseball, the prizes go most often to the organizations that pursue their objective hard and relentlessly every day of the year.

I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves.

New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.

The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.

Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin.

Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline.

The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.

As I was coming up in business, screwing up was not an option in any form.

I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.

Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done.

I guess show business is a lot like baseball: "Wait until next year!" You just never know. Some of the shittiest shows I've ever seen run forever, and some of the best things never get a chance.

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.