Jennifer Carpenter Quotes

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away.

It takes a lot of hard work to achieve your dreams, but nothing in life is easy. If it's something you really want, go after it!

You have to keep going and pursue your dreams.

I didn't have any money. I had a sense of terrible loss. But what I also had was a fire in my belly. I wasn't going to go back to waiting tables. I felt I had to be better at fronting a band.

Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you.

The key to my perseverance was absolutely loving the craft of acting. I just figured that if I kept doing it, at the very least I would get better at acting. Even if I didn't become a tremendous success, as long as I knew I was improving and getting better, to me, that was success.

I train like I never had nothing 'cause I ain't never had nothing.

All I know is what I have been given and what opportunities lie before me. Try to make the best of them, and I'm not going to give up until I make it to the top.

You work hard. You have a dream. You don't give up.

Even in the minor leagues, I just said I'll get my little bit of time in here and then get out of here. I was going to try, though. I wasn't going to just give up. I was always going to try. I'm here. I figured I might as well try.

I can't express enough to anyone who is fighting for whatever their dream is, whether it's to become a doctor, or a teacher, or a photographer - it doesn't matter - it's such a hard, hard road.

I always wanted to be an NBA player, and despite what anybody said, I was going to get to that point.

When you have a dream, you have to follow and train hard.

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

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.

I think anything is possible to anyone who dreams, dares, works and never gives up.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

Dream big - dream very big. Work hard - work very hard. And after you've done all you can, you stand, wait and fully surrender.

I'm gonna fight, and I'm gonna make something out of nothing. That's pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization that I could speak to people like that came first on a small scale. Then it just started happening. I started having this vibration.

I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.

Obviously, despite hard work and heroic efforts, many dreams don't come true. But if we don't dare to dream and then throw muscle, heart, and soul into making the dream come true, then WoW Projects-and all of the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and financial riches that they bring will surely NOT be our lot in life!