Elia Kazan Quotes

There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.

There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.

Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

We fail when we give up too soon.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

I work really hard, and have had many opportunities to give up and throw the towel in. But I never did.

Just keep going hard.

Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.

You have to fight for the things you want.

I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you'd think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.

It is not ease, but effort-not facility, but difficulty, makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success can be achieved.