Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach.

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.

You need continuity. You need a commitment and continuity.

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

I try to be committed, always. When I do something, I like to do it 100 per cent.

To be stronger, you finish everything you start. You can't take a break.

Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it's not just stamina in your effort. It's also stamina in your direction, stamina in your interests. If you are working on different things but all of them very hard, you're not really going to get anywhere. You'll never become an expert.

It's difficult to compete if you are not consistent.

All my collaborators unilaterally said that I need to just stay on one idea for longer. And of course I understand that. I like to switch gears a lot, and I like this kind of sloppy attitude.

The fight in theatre is focus, focus, focus.

My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

If you aren't going to do something all the way, don't do it.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

It's not worth getting too excited about thinking about the larger picture. The larger picture doesn't come into focus for an awfully long time.

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but a season - and a season is a long time.

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

I don't see the point in signing on to do something and then leaving.