Kanye West Quotes

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.

stick at it like a benni addict

It's amazing how much resilience you can have when you're passionate about a project that you're doing.

If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will not cease to work for it as long as I live.

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.

Decide exactly what you want and resolve to persist, no matter what, until you achieve it.

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.

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.

I may not be able to do it but I’ll die trying.

Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

People I know who succeed don't mind working. Those who are competent seem to like doing things well -- not stopping because they haven't accomplished what they wanted to on the first go-round. They're willing to do it twenty times, if necessary. There's an illusion that the good people can easily do something, and it's not necessarily true. They're just determined to do it right. I was impressed by hearing one of the women at Radcliffe talk about writing a poem, how many revisions a single poem sometimes has to go through -- fifty or sixty revisions to come out with a poem sixteen lines long.

Being inspired is fine for a week, and being motivated might work for a month or so, but to make any lifestyle change last a lifetime, you need dedication.