Werner Herzog Quotes

Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there's an element of talent you should probably possess, but if you stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen.

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.

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

It's amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.

Talent is long patience.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

I don't have talent. I have tenacity.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

Greatness comes with patience.

If you hang in there long enough, you will eventually reach your goal.

Persistent work triumphs.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.

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.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.

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

Persistence pays off.

The key to anyone's success is staying with it!

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

I'm a guy that's all about not trying to take the easy way out or get out of things too early.

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.