Gradual Success Quotes

Now I know that patience and time can do more than even strength and passion. The years of frustration are ready to be harvested. All that I have managed to accomplish, and all that I hope to accomplish, has been and will be by that plodding, patient, persevering process which builds the ant heap, particle by particle, thought by thought, step by step.

The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

Take great comfort in knowing that ALL great feats are accomplished one small step at a time.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

I think I've had the slowest, most methodical career in the business.

You build a successful life a day at a time.

All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

I'm okay with the idea that slow and steady wins the race.

Victory is not won in miles but in inches.

Great goals are reached step by step.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

One of the most important rules for success is this: Every great success is the result of hundreds and thousands of small efforts and accomplishments that no one sees or appreciates.

Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just popped up on the scene,' but I've been working on this for some time.

I think with my journey so far, it never felt like an overwhelming, overnight success story. I think that's good for me because I really got to take my time.

A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way.

From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.

You can get anywhere if you simply go one step at a time.