Jarvis Cocker Quotes

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.

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

My motto is, 'Never quit.'

I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up; they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

It's always too early to quit.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Don't expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: she's not the best singer in the world, but she's got where she has through hard work.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter how long your journey is; it's whether you give up or don't.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

I will keep working hard!

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season.

He conquers who endures.

I love going after what I want and not stopping till I get it.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

The key to all things is determination.

One who is persistent will excel.

I'm not the most patient person in the world. I am one of the most persistent people in the world.

A success, to me, is the ability to keep working. That's success. It has nothing to do with money; it's the ability to keep getting things made, period.