Attention to any subject will in a short time render it attractive, be it ever so disagreeable and tedious at first.

People told me I made the game look easy and I didn't always look like I was trying my best, but I always was.

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I...

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep...

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

I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty...

I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo...

Set your compass to beauty, humor, and grief; stay the course no matter what, and I'll support you with everything I've got.

I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And...

That is why we climb. We climb to reach safety. We climb to reach hope.

There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.

It is hard to wait and press and pray and hear no voice but stay till God answers.

It's the plugging away that will win you the day So don't be a piker old pard! Just draw on your grit it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

If at first you don't succeed you're running about average.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it and have not reached my goal.

"{Gina} I got them Bad Old Cosmic C - Word Blues Again.{Mark} What does 'c - word' mean?{Gina} It means continuing to believe even when you don't feel it. Not letting go even when you can't find squat...

Strong-willed heart always makes me feel so touched. It reminds me about some 'fall and rise again' in my life.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

Until they rip us apart, and even then, I'll fight.

We love to quote the saying "Rome was not built in a day" but we fail to remember that Rome was eventually built, and it must have been so magnificent that when people admired it, they were told that...

The whole hard work in achieving any goal is not in the means of achieving greater heights, but in the courage in fulfilling the simple yet daunting tasks.

Persevere with a positive attitude - Michael Jordan

You're not born with a walk like that. You have to earn it.

They say Night is all black in the face All that glitters only adds to the grace No attempt to success ever succeeds Without one slogging through the blackened days

The muse is fickle; ergo, when she knocks, ANSWER! It may take a while, but trust me, she WILL knock. In the meantime, keep your ear pressed firmly to the door.

Persistent effort is what will create the life you most desire.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

The passion for travelling is, I believe, instinctive in some natures. We have seen men persevere in their enterprises against the most formidable obstacles; and, without means or friends, and even...