Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

To be somebody you must last.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Doing as much as you can for as long as you can - that's the motto.

If you're looking for longevity, you have to be a hard worker.

There is no time where I feel like I will fall off. I feel like I will always last.

I'm a Weeble. Remember Weebles? The toy whose tagline was, 'Weebles wobble but they don't fall down?' I'm resilient. Oh, and I work really hard.

We gon' be around for a long time.

The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

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.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

The big talent is persistence.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

But I think it's important that things endure.

You lose the speed before the stamina.

The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.

The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.