Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Tracy

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Aung San Suu Kyi

The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.

Edward Norton

As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place.

Elbert Hubbard

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

John Bates

Yes, we can still do it. Nothing worth doing is easy.

Dale Carnegie

If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Dale Carnegie

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.

Ann Landers

Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.

Aesop

Plodding wins the race.

John Piper

Pastors and missionaries (need) to know God and to find in him a Treasure more satisfying than any other person or thing or relationship or experience or accomplishment in the world.

John Wooden

You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.

Lesley Visser

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.

David Viscott

People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.

Denzel Washington

At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back" (23).

Che Guevara

To accomplish much you must first lose everything.

Alexander Lukashenko

Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president?

Anthony Albanese

You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.

Tom Hanks

If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I would demand so much of him. We wouldn't quit until he leaves the set crying. Weeping! Spent!

Mason Cooley

Sincerity guarantees nothing but itself.

Howard Stern

Here's what happens when you die--you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee you that when you die, nothing cool happens.

Iyanla Vanzant

There are no guarantees in life, but it is a sure thing that you will get back what you give. If you give 100 percent of your attention, energy, and time to a thing, you will get exactly that back. Make sure you give all that you have to make sure you will get all that you need.

John Engler

Nobody gets any guarantees.

Sepp Blatter

We could not have 12,000 people on the pitch for the gala and then use the same turf for the match on June 12. The problem was that not a single provider would give us guarantees for the proper turf replacement. Nobody would give us these guarantees.

David O. Selznick

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.