Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

I just take the fights and do what I love.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.

I don't quit. If someone quits on me, that's on them, but I'm not going to quit, especially if I say I'm gonna do something.

We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.

I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.

Just believe in what you're doing, and keep doing it.

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up.

If we stand firm, we shall not fail.

Stay true to your vision/dream. There's something to be said for just staying at what you are trying to achieve well past the point everyone else gives up.

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

I tell my 5-year-old, 'Once you commit to something, stick it out.' I would never want him to look at Dad and think Dad was a quitter.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.

If you really want something, you just have to promise yourself that you won't stop until it happens.

The key to anyone's success is staying with it!

To be stronger, you finish everything you start. You can't take a break.

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