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Actors on Acting #4--Perseverance (Download Word version of #4)
© 2004 Hawk Storm
Paul Newman, Jessica Lange, Tom Hanks and Gabriel Byrne all said in #3 it’s about perseverance. If we learn we must force our
heart and nerve and sinew to serve us long after they are gone and hold on when there is nothing left in us except the will which says, Hold On.
The following quotes on perseverance were found in Abounding Grace by M.
Scott Peck, M. D.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.--William Feather
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.
Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn’t give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.--Harrison Ford
Perseverance is
a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.--
Franklin D. Roosevelt
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa
Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.--Welsh Proverb
You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.--
J. Askenberg
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to is keep walking.
--Buddhist Proverb
When I thought I couldn’t go on, I forced myself to keep going. My
success is based on persistence, not luck.--Estee Lauder
As we say in the sewer, if you’re not prepared to go all the way, don’t put your boots on in the first place.--Ed Norton
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. --Thomas Edison
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