Joanna Lumley Quotes

My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised six kids by herself. She lived in a mining community in Upstate New York and ran a boarding house for miners. She took care of an entire family and miners who lived in the house as well.

If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

I'm from durable stock. I'm made to work. I'm Irish.

I'm an incredibly hard worker, I'm incredibly tenacious, and I'm incredibly detail-oriented.

That's John Constantine. You put him in a corner, and you squeeze him, and he'll find his way out. There's something in him - he's a great escape artist.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.

The people in Asia are diligent, talented and persistent in self-development.

I was a dogged reporter.

I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.

You've got to be brave.

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.

I'm from Stratford, East London. I can get down and dirty. I just roll my sleeves up and get on with it.

So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her.

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.

Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like a series of brutal kicks in the teeth. Those who grow a thick enough skin to persevere, survive. Those who do not, do not.

I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that.

I refused to let go of what I had.

I'm hard-nosed about luck...If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost always make your own fortune.

Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.

There's a difference between quittin and knowin when you're beat.

The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals, are all rooted in courage.