I Think Persistence In The Face Of Adversity Is An Essential Part Of A Writer’s Job Description. If You Don’t Care Enough About It To Avoid Being Easily Disheartened That Way, You Really Should Be Doing Something Else.
The Best Customer Service Is If The Customer Doesn't Need To Call You, Doesn't Need To Talk To You. It Just Works.
I Think A Mantra I Always Told Myself Is, "no Matter How Many Times Somebody Pitches The Ball At You, If You Swing Every Time, Eventually One Of Them Is Going To Connect." Being Yourself And Persistence Are Two Things That Became My Daily Mantras, I Suppose.
Whatever You Do, Do It With All Your Might. Work At It, Early And Late, In Season And Out Of Season, Not Leaving A Stone Unturned, And Never Deferring For A Single Hour That Which Can Be Done Just As Well Now.
Printed Books Usually Outlive Bookstores And The Publishers Who Brought Them Out. They Sit Around, Demanding Nothing, For Decades. That's One Of Their Nicest Qualities - Their Brute Persistence.
"softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey," Is The West African Rendering Of A Very Valuable Precept. An Awful Lot Of Men Fail Through Lack Of Patient Persistence.
Remember Where You Came From, Where You're Going, And Why You Created This Mess You Got Yourself Into In The First Place.
You Must Keep Sending Work Out; You Must Never Let A Manuscript Do Nothing But Eat Its Head Off In A Drawer. You Send That Work Out Again And Again, While You're Working On Another One. If You Have Talent, You Will Receive Some Measure Of Success - But Only If You Persist.
If You Have Talent, You Will Receive Some Measure Of Success - But Only If You Persist.
My Greatest Point Is My Persistence... However Down I Am, I Fight Until The Last Ball.
