Prue Leith Quotes

For me, novel-writing, by its nature, contains months of feeling lost, gloomy, fatally misguided. The challenge has always been in assuring myself that by setting one foot in front of the other, I will eventually make my way out of the desert.

I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see them through.

Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.

If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.

Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme.

Anything you think of doing, however insignificant, should be done immediately. Spur yourself on and carry it through without becoming discouraged. If this becomes an ingrained habit, things you thought were impossible will become possible, and closed doors will open, as you will discover in many ways.

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.

It takes an extraordinary amount of attention to manifest any ambition. But life intervenes - distractions and obligations pull us away from the ambition we originally had.

I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit.

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married.

The biggest pitfall to avoid is not writing. Not writing is really, really easy to do, especially if you're a young writer. The hope that elves will come in the night and finish it for you, is a very common one to have. That is my main recommendation - you have to write, and you have to finish what you write and beyond that, it's all detail.

Giving up is the greatest failure.

Most people will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don't be like most people.

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting.

He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection.

It's not going to be easy, it's going to be worth it.

We fail when we give up too soon.

You have to get through periods of being blocked. Everybody has them. For me, they have everything to do with self-doubt. It's never a matter of laziness or inability. It's just a matter of believing that what I'm doing is worthwhile, that it matters.I just make myself work. I just make myself go to work, whether I feel like it or not.

I don't look to the negative people because the only people who ever tell you that you can't do something are the ones who haven't done it themselves... the ones who failed.