Quotes On: Perseverance

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

Champions are not the ones who always win races—they are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind.

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up.

When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work.

The best way out is always through.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.