Nia Long Quotes

I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it — keep going, keep going come what may. But what is your final goal, you may ask. That goal will become clearer, will emerge slowly but surely, much as the rough draught turns into a sketch, and the sketch into a painting through the serious work done on it, through the elaboration of the original vague idea and through the consolidation of the first fleeting and passing thought.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it's not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.

It's hard to remain patient when it seems so debilitating to do so. The balance comes with staying ambitious while being patient.

I learn it every day of my life, learn it with pain I am grateful for: patience is everything!

Who climbs the mountain does not always climb.The winding road slants downward many a time;Yet each descent is higher than the last.

No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labour is not wasted when today is better than yesterday!

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.

In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.

Heav'n is not always got by running.

Good things come to those who have patience and take consistent, persistent actions toward what they want.

Hold the old holding hand. Hold and be held. Plod on and never recede. Slowly with never a pause plod on and never recede.

Infinite Patience brings Immediate Results.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

I train so hard to make sure failure doesn't happen. If I do everything I can, and run as fast as I possibly can and someone still beats me, I don't think of that as failure.

We must take root; send out some little fibre at least, even every winter day.

There's always hope. Never give up. Walk slowly and drink lots of water. It ain't a sprint.