Quotes About Perseverance

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

It has not been easy for me

How many bites of the apple do you get?

I ask and I ask and I ask, until I begin to get a gut feeling about something. And that's when I make a decision.

That's a good thing to keep in mind—use your mind to visualize how things might be, as you go along. That can make the plethora of details and setbacks just a part of the plan.

Entrepreneurs need to work 24/7 during the start-up phase, often working for free for months and even years. It's the number of hours worked for free that defines entrepreneurs and separates them from employees. The number of hours working or practicing for free also determines the level of success you will have in anything. For example, professional golfers invest years in study and practice before they get paid—if they get paid.

I hate lawsuits and depositions, but the fact is that if you're right, you've got to take a stand, or people will walk all over you. In any case, there's no way I could avoid depositions, even if I never brought a lawsuit myself. Nowadays, if your name is Donald Trump, everyone in the world seems to want to sue you.

El sacrificio es el precio que se tiene que pagar para alcanzar el éxito. Por desgracia, no todo mundo está dispuesto a hacerlo porque, en general, resulta mucho más sencillo ser una persona común y corriente, y conservar la comodidad, tranquilidad y relativa seguridad de una vida mediocre.

points worth repeating if you are intent on big success:

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.

Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.

If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life.

When we look back on our lives, what we will remember are the crazy things we did, the times we worked harder to make a day stand out.

Some people skip through life; some people are dragged through it.

the great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.

The hero must want something that is difficult and perhaps even frightening to achieve.

La recompensa que obtienes al vivir una historia nunca es tan grande como te la habías imaginado y el trabajo es más duro de lo que creíste en un principio. Recuerda que el propósito de una historia nunca es el final, sino tu carácter que se moldea con el arduo trabajo que realizas en la parte del medio.

All great stories are about survival—either physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual.

And what is a story but the wanting for something difficult and the willingness to work for it?

If we begin our day believing life is supposed to be easy, we will certainly have a terrible day. Life is not easy, nor was it ever supposed to be.

Tommy Boy saves his father's company. Rudy finally gets to play football for Notre Dame. Erin Brockovich wins the court case. The third part of your one-liner should release all the tension you created in the first section.

The point of a story is never about the ending, remember. It's about your character getting molded in the hard work of the middle.

Stage 3: Commitment