James Whitcomb Riley Quotes

I can't afford to slow down, but I suppose it really depends. As long as there's enough enthusiasm, then one wants to continue.

Don't take 'no' for an answer.

I never give up. Doesn't matter what the score is.

I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.

Entrepreneurs don't finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done.

It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the will to labour energetically and perseveringly. Hence energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man-in a word, it is the Man himself.

Persistence is the most traveled path to success.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.

I tried four times to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama before I got accepted. I started when I was 17, which was too young, in retrospect, and finally went when I was 21. I just kept plugging away. Determined? Yeah, I think I was.

Hold on to your passion - you'll need it!

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Well, you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning, if he's still got something to work with, you go out there and you do it. Never quit!

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.

Grit is that 'extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

I am enduring. You can disagree with me.

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

Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.

I never give up on things.