Octavia E. Butler Quotes

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

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.

I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.

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

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

I can't tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly trying to better myself. I can honestly say that my hard work paid off. My resilience paid off. My persistence paid off.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

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

Persistence is a secret weapon for everyone.

You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond.

Sticking with your craft goes a long way in ensuring that you'll be successful.

Persistence pays off.

I decided a long time ago that I didn't have to be talented. I just had to be persistent.

Hard work is the only way to success. You have to be tough, stay tough.

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

Just keep going hard.

Sometimes it's about gritting in and getting the results.

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

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.

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

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.