Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

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

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

I don't think something is a failure if you put your all into it. I'm a big fan of the saying, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

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

We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive even when we were behind. And sometimes it works.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap.

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.

Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.

I don't have talent. I have tenacity.

I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying.

Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win

I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.

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

The only time we fail is when we stop trying.

It is the "try" that is more often counted for righteousness and not the success or failure.

You learn by trying and failing. Just a lot of hard work and mistakes.

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.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

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

We aren't particularly talented. We try harder!