Elaine Paige Quotes

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

You will never see the end, if you give up in the middle

I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art — not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course.

Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

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

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.

It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.

The world belongs to those who persevere.

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

The only reason I have the career I have is that I didn't quit.

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.

There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: ‘The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.’

That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set - the set of people who don't give up.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

If what you are doing is worth doing, hang in there until it is done.

He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.

The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up.

The lesson is, the rewards in life don't always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.

Persistence is the most traveled path to success.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

There's always a way through things if you work hard enough and look close. It all depends on your level of determination.