Itiveness Quotes & Sayings

Don't quit. A wind from nowhere could turn it. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

There was nothing haphazard about Bruce's training regime, neither was he particularly "lucky" in having started out with natural physical gifts. The greatest talents that Bruce brought to realizing his dreams were intelligence and curiosity (hand in hand, a powerful combination), dedication and perseverance (stick-to-itiveness even in the face of intervening obstacles), and focus (enjoying the journey as much as the destination). — Bruce Lee

Disappointment is a natural part of the schedule if you plan on winning. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The rewards of tomorrow are safely hidden in the belief of never quitting and not giving up on yourself today — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Early is a priceless timepiece owned by the successful. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Mirabelle, who never takes credit for her attractiveness, believes it is not she he is responding to, but rather something independent of her. — Steve Martin

Perseverance is the enemy of doubt. — Charles F. Glassman

Many people don't have the ability to be rich, because they're too lazy or they don't have the desire or the stick-to-itiveness. It's a talent. Some people have a talent for piano. Some people have a talent for raising a family. Some people have a talent for golf. I just happen to have a talent for making money. — Donald Trump

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity. — Marian Wright Edelman

You must have found it hard at school as well, everyone complaining about homework and not having a car or being able to afford a dress from ASOS that they'll probably only wear once. Stupid shit I used to complain about as well that doesn't matter anymore. Oh boo hoo your cat died. Poor you. My mother was run down in the street by a drunk driver. Someone from the council had to scrub her blood off the pavement. — Tanya Byrne

Neither gold nor diamonds mine themselves. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Kate sat at her desk. Grendel sprawled by her feet, an enormous black monstrosity that had more in common with the hound of the Baskervilles than with any poodle I had ever seen. — Ilona Andrews

Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the reward in their error be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

You are too important to the bigger picture to just fall off the canvas. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

You can't fling the hands up in a passionate gesture when you are driving a car at fifty miles an hour. Otherwise, I should have done so. — P.G. Wodehouse

Cats are good at keeping clean [ ... ] Dogs are good at running forever without getting tired. And I think that pigs are good at being optimistic and not giving up even when things are really bad. So today we're going to do things the pig way, okay? — Chris Kurtz

God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The idea of a vision is revolutionary and ground breaking but achieving it may be back breaking. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

An excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. — Thomas A. Edison

My name is Asher Lev ... I am a traitor, an apostate, a self-hater, an inflicter of shame upon my family, my friends, my people; also, I am a mocker of ideas sacred to Christians, a blasphemous manipulator of modes and forms revered by Gentiles for two thousand years. — Chaim Potok

Tomorrow is always hiding — Johnnie Dent Jr.

He would be laughed at, that should go about to make a fine dancer out of a country hedger, at past fifty. And he will not have much better success, who shall endeavour, at that age, to make a man reason well, or speak handsomely, who has never been used to it, though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory. — John Locke

Conscientiousness comprises industriousness, self-control, stick-to-itiveness, and a desire for order. — Daniel J. Levitin

The earth is round for a reason. Your minimum effort starts you at the top of the world; your maximum effort keeps you there. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

If your faith doesn't remove the mountain ... Get to climbing. — Johnnie Dent Jr.