Persistence Quotes

We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

I've got a tiny little bit, which I got after about six months of I've got a tiny little bit, which I got after about six months of negotiation..

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.

Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow.

It just took the right time. I was fully confident that I was going to see Sam Phillips and to record for him that when I called him, I thought, I'm going to get on Sun Records. So I called him and he turned me down flat. Then two weeks later, I got turned down again. He told me over the phone that he couldn't sell gospel music so - as it was independent, not a lot of money.

Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

The things I've done in my life have required a lot of years of work before they took off.

Overnight success stories take a long time.