Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Stern

I will say that this has been our project mascot for a long time, this little ground-down pencil. And it represents perseverance to get this project under way, to get it built, to get it launched and now to get it to Pluto.

William Wilberforce

Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success.

Ray Wilson

He taught me a lot about perseverance. Like, put that smile on and see where it takes you.

Robert E. Lee

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

Robert Collier

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.

Troy Polamalu

All of my Polynesian counterparts in the NFL with roots in American Samoa understand how the values embedded in our South Pacific culture - community, hard work, perseverance, respect - contribute directly to our success.

Rick Hendrick

Perseverance: Try and try again until the goal is achieved. Never give up.

Richard DeVos

Great moments await around every corner.

Richard DeVos

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

Jodi Olson

Kirby was very, very happy. He was very happy. Not a day went by that he didn't have a smile on his face.

Jim Lucas

There are so many smiles, ... It?s just like, ?Wow.?

Raul Rodriguez

I thought we had it. I had a smile from ear-to-ear. It was awesome.

Anthony Randolph

He had a smile that would warm your heart. He had a twinkle in his eyes.

Russell Baker

You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

Tyler Florence

I just live life on my own terms. And I smile a lot.

Trisha Goddard

I am a smiling depressive.

Raymond Chandler

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

William Shakespeare

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

Dave Calloway

He does so many things, the big rebound, the right pass. He just does what it takes to win.

Amy Robach

Having cancer is one thing; looking like you have cancer is another thing. It's a disease that already takes so much.

Spike Jonze

If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.

Lykke Li

Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy.

Josh Gad

If you can have heart as well as the comedy, it takes you a lot further. I think that that's what we were trying to do with 'Gigi.'

Lazarus Sims

I just want to win. I don't really try to do too much. But when it comes down to time to win, then we're going to do what it takes to win.

Kevin Bacon

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again-I just have to find a story I want to tell.

Z. Sheppard

I'm getting better. It takes a little time, but I'm getting better.

Ben Johnson

I'm going to do whatever it takes to be a better ballplayer.

Leonard Cohen

I taught him how to dress. He taught me how to live forever.

Kobe Bryant

He taught me how to play the game. He's the coach, I'm the player, ... We don't think we're going to have any problems.

Wallace Stegner

Talent can't be taught, but it can be awakened.

Zoe Wanamaker

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

Zaha Hadid

When I taught, all my best students were women.

Zaha Hadid

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

Waylon Jennings

It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.

Walter Scott

It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.

Tracey Emin

One thing that success has taught me is censorship