Quotes About Itiveness

#1. The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

Thomas A. Edison

#2. Conscientiousness comprises industriousness, self-control, stick-to-itiveness, and a desire for order.

Daniel J. Levitin

#3. 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

#4. Disappointment is a natural part of the schedule if you plan on winning.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#5. If your faith doesn't remove the mountain ... Get to climbing.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#6. Early is a priceless timepiece owned by the successful.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#7. Perseverance is the enemy of doubt.

Charles F. Glassman

#8. The rewards of tomorrow are safely hidden in the belief of never quitting and not giving up on yourself today

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#9. You are too important to the bigger picture to just fall off the canvas.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#10. Neither gold nor diamonds mine themselves.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#11. God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#12. Don't quit. A wind from nowhere could turn it.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#13. I have been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell:
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

#14. Crazy Ash just doesn't have the same ring as Don't-bother-me-or-I'll-kill-you Ash.

Julie Kagawa

#15. This murder of Hariri was deliberately planned and executed precisely to implicate Syria and to set in train the events which have unfolded.

George Galloway

#16. The idea of a vision is revolutionary and ground breaking but achieving it may be back breaking.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#17. An excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#18. When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.

John McGahern

#19. 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.

#20. That was why I kept stealing books out of the parlor and returning them. For the only books I ever took were my father's journals. Didn't I have some right to them, being that they, and I, were all that remained of him?

Kate Elliott

#21. Ellie, you need to understand," he said softly. "I exist only to serve you and fight by your side. Whether that fighting is to preserve your life or to make sure you smile, that is what I am built to do. You're all I have, and I will watch over you forever.

Courtney Allison Moulton

#22. Tomorrow is always hiding

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#23. Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.

Terry Crowley

#24. 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

#25. The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#26. I always hated watching cooking shows where the chef would use ingredients that I couldn't get my hands on, cooking implements that I couldn't afford, recipes that I could never have access to.

Adam Richman

#27. 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.

#28. Trust me-the day I'm not into football, I'll walk away.

Edgerrin James