Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

The one mindset I have is this title - title or bust.

The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.

But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength to find the means for reaching the goal and for translating it into deeds.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it. ... You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.

Sometimes, you just have to go in there and bowl people over with your sheer force of will.

I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.

You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort.

You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.

Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.

If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.

When there is no turning back, then we should concern ourselves only with the best way of going forward.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.