Quotes tagged ‘Persistence’

“Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.”

— Sarah Kay, youtube.com

“I only started doing it [animation] seriously when I was twenty-two or so, when I realized it was something I could potentially be doing with my life. I kept at it and trying and trying, which led me somewhere.”

— Monty Oum, fanboynation.com

“Guys...Life...it's pretty awesome. Just keep at it. And I'll keep going, too.”

— Monty Oum, twitter.com

“Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.”

— Friedrich Schiller, amazon.com

“I know you're all feeling the darkness here today. But there's no reason to give in. No matter what you've heard, this process will not take years. In my heart, I know we cannot be defeated, because there is an answer that will open the door. There is a way around this system. This is a test of our…”

— Jason Grote, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, imdb.com

“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

“Failure is inevitable, unavoidable. But failure should never get the last word. You have to hold on to what you want. You have to not take no for an answer, and take what’s coming to you. Never give in. Never give up. Stand up. Stand up and take it.”

— Bruce William Harper, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“I've done it before. It won't be the last time. You're going to go years where you just don't win. That's okay, as long as you keep trying to improve.”

— Tiger Woods, en.wikiquote.org

“If I'm going to go down, I'm going to go down swinging.”

— Wendy Straker Hauser, Sutton, Meghann Fahy, imdb.com

“From blood and pain come perfection.”

— Tim Minear, Constance Langdon, Jessica Lange, imdb.com

“Brave is never giving up. You fight, no matter what.”

— John Mankiewicz, Hannay Conway, Dominique McElligott, imdb.com

“It doesn't matter how many times you have failed, you only have to be right once.”

— Mark Cuban, books.google.com

“My dad says it over and over, 'Today's the youngest you're ever going to be. You've got to live like it. You've got to live young every day.' And that's what I try to do.”

— Mark Cuban, businessinsider.com

“It's not about money or connections—it's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone...And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.”

— Mark Cuban, businessinsider.com

“Sometimes your faith and persistence is the down payment for your future.”

— Mel Robbins, twitter.com

“At first I felt the same, but sometimes the best idea needs to be a bad idea.”

— Zander Lehmann, Alex Cole, Tommy Dewey, imdb.com

“You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou, amazon.com

“Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.”

— Joe Namath, archive.kitsapsun.com

“It's still you. It's still you.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

“Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don’t give up on true love.”

— Sophie Kinsella, amazon.com