“Perseverance separates the winners from the losers. Those who persevere understand that luck is something only failures believe in. Perseverance has other names—persistence, determination, a can-do attitude. Success in life depends on your willingness to never give up, even when the reward is delaye…”— Harvey Mackay, harveymackay.com
“Clay Jensen: And this just gets worse, right? Tony Padilla: You afraid? Clay Jensen: Yeah. I'm gonna listen anyway.”— Nathan Louis Jackson, Clay Jensen, Dylan Minnette, imdb.com
“I've been on my arse before, but I have a lot of determination, and I'm not weak. Next day, it's sunrise, you're at the bus stop again, and you're back to work. I've never been one for pondering or questioning and thinking. Waste of time. Dust yourself down and get back up. Because that journey of c…”— Gordon Ramsay, esquire.com
“I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.”— Willie Nelson, willienelson.com
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice.”— Pele, twitter.com
“I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.”— Lionel Messi, content.time.com
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”— Lionel Messi, sports.inquirer.net
“I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.”— Martha Stewart, oprah.com
“I don’t think I’ve been through anything as traumatic as [what] we’ve been through…So…[touring] can be a lot....Calling it off and going home was not an option. The message of the show was too important. For the crew and everyone involved, it’s become more than just a show for us. We are really grat…”— Ariana Grande, glamour.com
“If I'm going to go down, I'm going to go down swinging.”— Wendy Straker Hauser, Sutton, Meghann Fahy, imdb.com
“Do not let them grind you down. You keep your fucking shit together. You fight!”— Margaret Atwood, Eric Tuchman, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com
“Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who…”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“How does a girl become strong? How does she enact change? How does she grow into a strong woman? It begins with a step that sounds simple, but isn’t. She finds her voice.”— Melinda Gates, gatesfoundation.org
“My story really starts at the age of six. My parents divorced at the age of 4, but my story really starts at six and it starts in a dark, brutal place—being abused by my stepmother for two years, being beaten with 2x4s, being told I was a devil’s child and that I didn’t deserve to live. Being locked…”— Amy Bleuel, isharehope.com
“There you go, finding a hidden advantage in an unfortunate circumstance; using pain to take you to the next level. Those are the things that turn players into kings.”— Liz Sagal, Kem Nunn, Kurt Sutter, Damon Pope, Harold Perrineau, imdb.com
“I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.”— Mark Cuban, books.google.com