Seneca the Younger Quotes

We shall either find a way or make one.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

I feel like I've been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things work even when people thought it wouldn't.

We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

Everybody in Hollywood has to beat the 'no' - and if you write code in Silicon Valley, or if you design cars in Detroit, if you manage hedge funds in Lower Manhattan, you also have to learn to beat the 'no.'

Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.

My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.

If somebody says you can't do something, find five ways to do it.

You have to fight hard to get where you want to be. I never had any backing. I just had to kick the door down and barge through.

I make my own opportunities no matter what.

Once the opportunities knock on your door, you've got to try and go get them. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But at the same time, you've got to keep going.

If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.