Tony Kushner Quotes

Slow and steady wins the race.

Slow but steady wins the race.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

I like to do things that you need to chip away at.

I'm okay with the idea that slow and steady wins the race.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

Genius is eternal patience.

It had been better not to begin a good work, than to think of desisting from one which has been begun.

Sticking with your craft goes a long way in ensuring that you'll be successful.

I just keep working.

I have to be calm and go slowly, and above all, keep working hard.

I have to be patient, keep performing, and be consistent.

I'm kind of a grinder.

If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.

I am not a person to quit. If something needs harder work then I will put my head down and do it.

One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the coal to come bubbling up to the surface. One must go deep down, and work out every vein carefully.

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.