Perseverance Quotes

If you hang around long enough, they think you're good. It's either my tenacity or stupidity - I'm not sure which.

- Adam West

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

- Aisha Tyler

He's a million rubber bands in his resilience.

- Alan K. Simpson

I respect the hell out of everyone who does a network show. That is a marathon. It's so many episodes, and it can be a meat grinder. Anyone making a network show, and on top of that making a very good network show, that's an insane feat of Herculean endurance and fortitude.

- Alan Yang

Somewhere deep inside me was the will and determination not only to live, but to be a more present mother for my kids, instead of one who was emotionally unavailable because she was in so much pain, as my own mother was.

- Alana Stewart

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

- Albert Bandura

My school career was absolutely crucial to me. As an endurance athlete, some of the most important years are maybe when you are 16, 17, and 18. For me, getting that right was very important, and my school allowed me to do that.

- Alistair Brownlee

I don't know whether endurance sports attract obsessional people, or training for endurance sports makes people obsessional... it's the chicken and the egg.

- Alistair Brownlee

Having kids and a relationship at such an early age definitely built up my hunger and perseverance to succeed.

- Anderson Silva

Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.

- Andrew Yang

Millennials get a bad rap sometimes about their grit and perseverance.

- Andrew Yang

Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture's failure.

- Andy Dunn

I've been pretty good about keeping my nose to the grindstone. I feel like I won a lot of matches from hard work and persistence, even maybe when I had better options as far as shot-making.

- Andy Roddick

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

- Angela Duckworth

At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.

- Angela Duckworth

Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.

- Angela Duckworth

I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.

- Angela Duckworth

Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.

- Angela Duckworth

Personally, I've learned about perseverance: when you hear the word 'No,' and when you hear rejection, that it's not always final. And that timing is everything, and you have to stay the course and just keep working hard and know that, when your time comes, that it will be sweet and that it will be the perfect time.

- Angela Robinson

I think professionally I admire people and the way they've handled their careers and being in the media. But the people that I used to inspire me and keep me going were my peers in Toronto - I would see the same girls going to audition after audition, and their resilience to do it again, and I found that inspiring.

- Anna Silk

I hate doing Tabatas - you do whatever you want at high intensity for 20 seconds, and then get a 10 second break and you repeat that for 8 minutes. So you can do jumping jacks for 20 seconds, you can do sprints for 20 seconds, etc. It's supposed to help you get your endurance up really fast.

- Ashley Wagner

I was always drawn to darker sounds, things with an edge and a little bit of grit, things that have a lot of emotion and a lot of drive.

- Aubrie Sellers

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.

- Barack Obama

Persistence pushes me to be bold and seek out the opportunities I've wanted. It starts by envisioning what you want, no matter how big or small, and believing that you can achieve it.

- Belinda Johnson

With this sort of career, you need determination. You've got to sacrifice a lot of things: family, friends - not that I had any - but you sacrifice everything.

- Benjamin Clementine

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

- Benjamin Franklin

Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the merits of the complaint.

- Betsy DeVos

My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.

- Bill Rodgers

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

- Bob Riley

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.

- Bob Weir

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

- Brad Henry

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me.

- Bradley Chicho

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

- Brian May

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

- Brooke Shields

I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.

- Brooklyn Decker

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

- Caprice Bourret

Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.

- Casey Neistat

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

- Charles Dickens

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

- Charles Simmons

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

- Charles Spurgeon

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

- Charles Spurgeon

Determination gets you a long way.

- Chelsea Clinton

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

- Chin-Ning Chu

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

- Christian Nestell Bovee

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

- Christina Aguilera

Endurance, after all, is the only reason we even exist. We think of ourselves as nature's deadliest animals, but the truth is, a naked human is the biggest wimp in the wild. We have no fangs, no claws, no strength, and no speed.

- Christopher McDougall

Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.

- Cindy Sheehan

We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.

- D. A. Pennebaker

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

- Dale Carnegie

We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work.

- Dan Levitan

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

Developing a diet that is healthful, balanced, and appropriate for your particular caloric needs is easy enough and is absolutely critical to establishing a healthful lifestyle that incorporates proper nutrition, adequate fitness, and mental resilience.

- Daphne Oz

'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that didn't quit.

- Dave Pelzer

My message has always been about resilience.

- Dave Pelzer

Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.

- David A. Bednar

Paradoxically, the United States' determination to protect its troops can be self-defeating. Allies and adversaries see U.S. forces living in secure compounds, eating fancy chow and minimizing their exposure to potential terrorist assaults.

- David Ignatius

Obviously, resilience matters. I was no stranger to adversity, but it's different when it's personal. Not something I would recommend.

- David Petraeus

I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.

- David Robinson

I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off.

- David Steinberg

When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is guilt-free.

- David Walliams

A lot of people that I started out with, I don't know where they are. I guess it takes tenacity to still be doing this, and luck, but I've been very blessed.

- Dennis Quaid

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

- Dexter Fletcher

Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You have a body that's almost as strong, but you have a much better mind.

- Diana Nyad

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

- Dick Van Dyke

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

- Djuna Barnes

I started posting covers online and having this crazy determination about what I wanted to do and just went for it. I was like, 'Okay, no one else can create my future for me, and no one can get what I want for me, so I have to go out and get it myself.'

- Dua Lipa

What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

- Eddie Marsan

Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.

- Edgar Wright

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

- Elizabeth Edwards

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

- Elizabeth Edwards

There is nothing about resilience that I can say that my father did not first utter silently in eighteen years of living inside a two-dimensional cutout of himself.

- Elizabeth Edwards

Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.

- Elizabeth Edwards

If you're interested in a 'Teen Vogue' internship, take note: it's not all fun and games! Working at a magazine requires a ton of energy and endurance from its interns and editors alike.

- Emily Weiss

The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and hard work persists.

- Eric Ries

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have.

- Ernie Harwell

I have an incredible confidence in the resilience of the human spirit and the creative ability of the Holy Spirit. So, if you can get people asking the right questions, it really will start moving in the right direction.

- Erwin McManus

I've always wanted, notionally, to be a mother. And I was certain I would be, because everyone I know, gay or straight, married or single, rich or not so much, who truly wants to have a child figures out a way, some way, to have one - whether through adoption, fostering, surrogacy, fertility, accident, or persistence.

- Faith Salie

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

- Francis Quarles

Meaningful innovation can be an important catalyst in encouraging resilience in seniors, keeping them independent and engaged.

- Frans van Houten

Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.

- Gautam Adani

I already have natural speed, which I don't need to work on, so in training I've been working more on my endurance.

- Genzebe Dibaba

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

- George F. Kennan

Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.

- George Jackson

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.

- Gever Tulley

We have to continue our efforts with determination.

- Giorgio Napolitano

My tenacity and determination to be true to the person I had become were sacrosanct.

- Goldie Hawn

The DNA showed I have a level of endurance in me which I never really realised, which makes sense.

- Greg Rutherford

I don't think you necessarily have to be crazy-fit for freeskiing. So much of the sport has to do with agility and nimbleness and flexibility and other things. It's a lot of muscle memory - it's more like dance, in a way - it's technique more than strength or endurance.

- Gus Kenworthy

With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.

- Hailee Steinfeld

When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.

- Hailee Steinfeld

If I have anything, it's tenacity.

- Hal Sparks

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

- Halle Berry

Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation.

- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Dancing improved my fitness level and endurance.

- Hazel Keech

With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our time.

- Heather Watts

It certainly would have been adaptive for ancestral man to have a chubby wife during stressful times of famine. Not only would she have had more calories to burn, and thus more energy and endurance, but since fat stores estrogen, she would have remained fertile for longer.

- Helen Fisher

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

- Henry James

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

- Herbert Kaufman

I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience.

- Hillary Clinton

Remember, it isn't the dreamers who have good lives - it's the doers. Remember also what I call the three Ps of success: passion, planning, and perseverance.

- Homer Hickam

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

- Howard Thurman

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

- Iain Duncan Smith

The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.

- Ian Botham

I have good stamina and good endurance.

- J. R. Martinez

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

- Jamais Cascio

Quantity and persistence will get you the outcomes you need.

- James Altucher

There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day.

- James Dobson

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

- James Russell Lowell

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

- Janet Jackson

I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I'm morbidly interested in it but because I'm interested in the secret of resilience; that's what I'm always exploring in the stories and the novels.

- Janette Turner Hospital

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.

- Jay Duplass

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

- Jeff Bridges

Persistence pays off.

- Jeffrey Dean Morgan

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.

- Jennifer Weiner

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

- Jeremy Irvine

The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant.

- Jim Sensenbrenner

We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

- Joan Halifax

With the emergence of the Internet, it has become possible for creative and bold people with focus and determination to establish businesses in some of our remotest communities. But these will not work if they do not have reliable transport routes responding to the impatient modern customer.

- Johann Lamont

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.

- John Bates Clark

The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.

- John Berger

I started looking into horse history books and came across the actual story of this half-breed endurance horseman and his painted mustang Hidalgo. I wasn't really sure if I was going to do the movie at that point.

- John Fusco

I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times.

- John Glenn

I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of the action, the cat and mouse battle with the batter on every pitch. You had to develop grit.

- John Hickenlooper

I think I'm seen as trustworthy. I'm seen as having determination and persistence, and I'm seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues.

- John Howard

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

- John Lydon

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

- John Muir

Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

- John Ortberg

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

- John Ruskin

The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.

- Jon Lester

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

- Joseph Addison

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of Job.

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.

- Joshua Waitzkin

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

- Judy Blume

God bless perseverance. Because it's not easy.

- Junot Diaz

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.

- Kalpana Chawla

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

- Kara Swisher

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.

- Kate Reardon

I think one thing is that anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever - actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they've had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.

- Kay Redfield Jamison

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.

- Kevin Rudd

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

- Kiana Tom

Work hard. Through determination and self-focus and discipline, you can accomplish anything.

- Kimberly Guilfoyle

Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.

- Kris Carr

What I always liked best about myself was my resilience, especially in this business with all the 'no's,' the doors closed in my face.

- LaChanze

Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

- Laura Lippman

Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.

- Laura Moser

It's our privilege to work with College Track students as they chart their course toward a college degree - they bring persistence, creativity, and extraordinary discipline throughout their academic journey.

- Laurene Powell Jobs

You may have seen me in movies like 'Fast & Furious' and 'Avatar.' But I wouldn't have been able to do any of that without hard work and determination. You can accomplish anything if you just stay out of trouble and do the right things.

- Laz Alonso

Effective networking isn't a result of luck - it requires hard work and persistence.

- Lewis Howes

Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow.

- Lewis Thomas

Perseverance and perspective until victory.

- Lincoln Diaz-Balart

It is a sign of my mother's determination, confidence, and creativity that more than 50 years after launching the renowned Ebony Fashion Fair show, her timeless sense of style endures as a guidepost for today's fashion-loving women.

- Linda Johnson Rice

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

- Lisa Bonet

In Wyoming, the beauty of our mountains is matched only by the grit of our people.

- Liz Cheney

Prolonged endurance tames the bold.

- Lord Byron

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur

The last thing I want is for people to say that the music is nice. It's not nice. It sounds good, but it's got grit, and it's got edge. It never veers into sweet.

- Lukas Forchhammer

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

- Lynn Davies

The right and the physical power of the people to resist injustice, are really the only securities that any people ever can have for their liberties. Practically no government knows any limit to its power but the endurance of the people.

- Lysander Spooner

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

- Major Taylor

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.

- Malcolm Gladwell

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

- Malorie Blackman

Yoga is equal parts strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance.

- Mandy Ingber

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

I still enjoy playing some of those early Straits songs, and I'm proud of what we did, and certainly we had some great times. It's what we all wanted when we were kids. But you've got to have the resilience to ride that thing, to pick up that ball and run with it. Because you will keep picking it up and keep running.

- Mark Knopfler

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

- Martin Bashir

What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit, and it takes grace.

- Meryl Streep

If you represent your country and millions of people are watching, it comes through a lot of grit and hard work.

- Michelle Kwan

As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.

- Michelle Malkin

Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the lead, changing character - the perseverance is incredible. It takes a lot to make it through and keep the same energy throughout the entire performance.

- Misty Copeland

Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask.

- Morley Safer

Human beings have enormous resilience.

- Muhammad Yunus

The Keynesian prescription for unemployment rests on the persistence of a 'money illusion' among workers, i.e., on the belief that while, through unions and government, they will keep money wage rates from falling, they will also accept a fall in real wage rates via higher prices.

- Murray Rothbard

I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.

- Najib Razak

Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.

- Naomi Wolf

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

- Napoleon Hill

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

- Napoleon Hill

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

- Napoleon Hill

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

- Natalia Makarova

My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life.

- Natalia Vodianova

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

- Nelson Mandela

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage. An invisible and all-powerful enemy - some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.

- Nikos Kazantzakis

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

- Norah O'Donnell

We must embrace a new agenda based on inclusiveness; a commitment to reconnecting the social and the economic; a relinking of the latter to a plausible redistributive system; and a determination to ensure that everyone has access to justice. All these things are within our reach.

- Noreena Hertz

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

- Octavia Butler

The big talent is persistence.

- Octavia E. Butler

It doesn't matter what kind of body you have, it's the determination and the spirit that's going to get you there. I want to prove that.

- Oksana Masters

To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.

- Olga Kurylenko

One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.

- Orison Swett Marden

I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.

- Oscar Isaac

At the end of summer, I go on a detox because I know I need a clear mind for Fashion Week. You need a lot of energy, and the ability to focus, in preparation for this craziness. I go to the gym, too, just to make sure I have the endurance to keep up with everything.

- Pat McGrath

When it's only you that you can rely on, you're surprised at the resilience you have.

- Paul Dini

Use your brain, not your endurance.

- Peter Thomson

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.

- Phil Klay

I think I needed the resilience of approaching my late 30s to come to terms with the resilience I required to learn to sing.

- Philip Selway

I'm a watch guy - to me, they symbolize hard work and determination.

- Philip Winchester

I know there are writers who like to say that every novel is hard, and it doesn't get easier. That may be the case, and I've only written two. But the first, to me, was characterized by an enduring oscillation between perseverance and a profound doubt.

- Rachel Kushner

Failing well is a skill. Letting girls do it gives them critical practice coping with a negative experience. It also gives them the opportunity to develop a kind of confidence and resilience that can only be forged in times of challenge.

- Rachel Simmons

I run skills-building programs focused on healthy risk taking, failure resilience, and self-care for undergraduates around the country.

- Rachel Simmons

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

- Ralph Bunche

I think there is definitely a message behind Cyborg that is needed for people to hear and what he represents and the resilience of the human spirit. I hope it means as much to people watching it as it meant to me to do it.

- Ray Fisher

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

- Reese Witherspoon

Hard work isn't enough. And more work is never the real answer. The sort of grit you need to scale a business is less reliant on brute force. It's actually one part determination, one part ingenuity, and one part laziness.

- Reid Hoffman

Develop resilience and be brave. There are days when it is very discouraging. You have to develop personal resilience to environmental things that come along. If you let every single environmental challenge knock you off your game, it's going to be very, very hard.

- Renee James

I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously have to follow the way the system works - you still have to have that crazy determination.

- Renny Harlin

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

- Richard Eyre

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

- Richard Ford

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression.

- Richard MacDonald

When push comes to shove, I'm a fighter, and I'm going to force someone to fight. It takes a lot of technique, it takes a lot of skill, but to take that, and make something of it, it's a lot of heart and a lot of determination, and that's something I have. That's who I am.

- Robbie Lawler

You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.

- Robert Griffin III

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

- Robert Wise

The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

- Roger Stone

What we eat will tell everything when it comes to our bodies, our skin, our hair, how we feel, your endurance for things.

- Rozonda Thomas

I know what it's like to win things. You need a certain type of player with a determination to win. You see it in the eyes.

- Ruud Gullit

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

- Ryan Lochte

Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder.

- Sam Altman

I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.

- Samantha Stosur

The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical.

- Scott Turow

Victory is the child of preparation and determination.

- Sean Hampton

Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

- Shawn Achor

I think there are things that we can all do to build resilience in ourselves, but also to build resilience in each other.

- Sheryl Sandberg

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

- Sheryl Sandberg

There are so many kids in this country growing up in poverty, facing very, very hard challenges... We need resilience for all of them.

- Sheryl Sandberg

We need to build resilience together, rooted in religion, rooted in schools, rooted in our health care institutions.

- Sheryl Sandberg

Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything; it's just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.

- Shia LaBeouf

My student days in PSG saw three Prime Ministers, two wars, taught us courage, resilience, leadership and optimism.

- Shiv Nadar

Public, noncommercial broadcasting is also giving kids social-emotional skills like persistence and self-control that are fundamental to success in school, not to mention in the military, the institution where I spent most of my career.

- Stanley A. McChrystal

Schools reward their students for a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and hard work - in the classroom and on the playing fields. But these metrics don't help kids understand that great grades are not a pass for a great life.

- Steve Blank

All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

- Steven Pressfield

No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

- Steven Pressfield

I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.

- Susan Bysiewicz

I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.

- Tanc Sade

Women are the key to successful development and ongoing progress. In the workforce, their ingenuity, determination, and hard work help our economies thrive. In the government, they offer valuable perspective that can inform policy and remove barriers.

- Tedros Adhanom

Endurance is patience concentrated.

- Thomas Carlyle

If you want to write, just believe that you can, because it's about perseverance.

- Tomi Adeyemi

We need a president with experience and the wisdom and the grit to stand up to bullies who tell women that they should be punished for making their own decisions.

- Tony Goldwyn

Grit is that 'extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.

- Travis Bradberry

I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.

- Tyra Banks

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

- Vera Farmiga

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

- Victor Hugo

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

- Vince Lombardi

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

- Virgil

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

- Virgil

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

- Wade Davis

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

- Walter Murch

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

- Wayne Rooney

In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise might not have undertaken.

- Whitney Tilson

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

- Woody Hayes

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

- Yelena Baturina

Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.

- Zach McGowan

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

- Zosia Mamet