Tenacity Quotes

Ultimately, I want people to be able to see me, that I`m an actor. Sometimes people see me with whatever label, and I`ve not yet been able to show what I can do. That`s the exciting part. I still have the tenacity and the hunger, and my patience is going to pay off. My motto in life is `The best is yet to come`.

If I don`t do (t`ai chi) my body really hurts. It just starts aching and hurting. It`s terrible. To me it`s candy. It`s my idea of fun. But it requires the tenacity of a lion. Otherwise it shows and you`re in class and you`re the one going in the wrong direction. But if you tag into it, it`s beyond belief. It makes me feel great in every way. It gives you tons of energy. It makes you very strong, very balanced and very focused. It`s good for everything.

I don`t belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the most civilized organization in history. Its currency is the written word. Its weapon is the letter; that`s why I am a member. I believe in its non-violence; I believe in its effectiveness. Its dignity and its sense of commitment. Its focus on individuals and the concentration and tenacity with which they defend those imprisoned for their ideas has earned it the cautious respect of repressive governments throughout the world.

Heston is an enormously tall man - if I`m six foot one, he must be about six foot three - and I asked my wardrobe man, as I was wearing long robes, to put a little lift in my shoes, so that I could gain a couple of inches, and meet Heston at his own level. The lifts were duly put in, and I eyed Heston and congratulated myself that at least he no longer towered above me. As the film went on, however, it seemed to me that he was growing. Eyeball to eyeball he was once more a couple of inches taller than I. I looked down at his feet - not a sign of lifts! He must have grown through sheer tenacity. Nether of us made any comment, nor did our wardrobe men - it was a very funny, silent contest. - On making The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) with Charlton Heston

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.

The Jews struggled and stuck together. Their tenacity kept them alive. The fact that my book was a part of this struggle is my greatest achievement.

I think the things that are necessary in my profession are these: Taste, Talent and Tenacity. I think I have had a little of all three.

You don`t judge a team by its record, but its heart and tenacity, two things you either have or you don`t have,

I think we`re ready to go. We`re not where I want us to be just yet, but I like our work ethic and I like our tenacity and grit. The kids will have their adrenaline pumping (tonight).

I was always amazed that he had this uncanny knack for being able to pluck a Canadian angle out of almost any overseas story. He was a very gentle man, but had a bulldog`s tenacity when it came to chasing down the Canadian angle.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Rosa Parks` courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

(To survive has required tenacity. Koreans are reported even to have murdered children and mixed their flesh with pork to eat. When I have encountered North Korean refugees in Asia, they look barely human - stunted figures with sallow, terrified faces. Some North Koreans have tried to grow their own food, potentially a sign of independent thinking. But for years Kim had them stopped, though he has begun to open the economy slightly in the past three years. Those who protested were sent to an extensive gulag system, which may have resulted in the deaths of one million people. In this internal slave state, Becker suggests, tests of chemical weapons are carried out on prisoners, and pregnant women whose children were tainted with foreign blood have been forced to have abortions. Kim Jong Il has) resisted adopting every policy that could have brought the misery to a quick end, ... the suffering he inflicted on an entire people an unparalleled and monstrous crime.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.

Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a vast gulf between man and the rest of creation. This mythology of human superiority justifies their doing whatever they please with the world, just the way Hitler's mythology of Aryan superiority justified his doing whatever he pleased with Europe. But in the end this mythology is not deeply satisfying. The Takers are a profoundly lonely people. The world for them is enemy territory, and they live in it like an army of occupation, alienated and isolated by their extraordinary specialness.

Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper`s principle" "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.