Ruta Sepetys Quotes

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. I realized that if we boosted one another, maybe we'd get a little closer.

I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.

My story is comic because I've spent vast amounts of effort trying to become a Hollywood screenwriter and made no direct effort on making my son a movie actor.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic. It takes sweat, determination, and hard work.

You can't always win - although we always try!

Work hard for what you want in life.

Dreams are not easy. Dreams are painful. They force work and commitment. They are challenging and motivating.

If anybody wants to be a rock star they've gotta try hard enough. They're not gonna get it handed to them

The sky is the limit when you work hard.

I didn't have nothing handed to me. It's a hard, long road getting to where I'm at. And I think the fans that have been down with me for a long time, they see that. They've been seeing me clawing my way to try to get to the top.

I've learned over the years that everything is more or less the same amount of work, so you may as well set your sights high and try and do something really cool.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

Trying and acheiving are two different things.

Evil is the starry sky of the Good.

Getting anywhere you want is hard work. In this photography culture, everything looks so amazing. But it's actually very hard to get to where anybody gets.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

No great goal was ever easily achieved.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.

I would not think to touch the sky with two arms

What I adore is the juxtaposition of high tech and low tech. It's sort of like I love the sacred and the profane. I love to put these extremes in the same hopper.