Perseverance quotes

“I screwed up any chance I had back in September. But I started dancing long before this stupid workshop, and I'm gonna keep on dancing long after it. So tomorrow is one more day I get to dance.”
Zoe Saldana - Eva

“- Dr. Alex Cross: Gone in the night.
- Dr. Kate McTiernan: At least now the FBI know who they're looking for. How far can he run?
- Dr. Alex Cross: It's not a question of how far. It's how long.”

Morgan Freeman - Dr. Alex Cross
Ashley Judd - Dr. Kate McTiernan

“The function of a civil resistance is to provoke response and we will continue to provoke until they respond or change the law. They are not in control; we are.”
Ben Kingsley - Mahatma Gandhi

“- Rocky: You see, flying takes three things: hard work, perseverance and... hard work.
- Fowler: You said hard work twice!
- Rocky: That's because it takes twice as much work as perseverance.”
Mel Gibson - Rocky
Benjamin Whitrow - Fowler

“Come on, suckers! What's the matter with you? What are you waiting for? Didn't think we were here, did you? You dirty rotten rats! We're still here! We'll always be here! Why don't you come and get it?”
Robert Taylor - Sgt. Bill Dane

“Luke, remember, when you fall on your face you're still moving forward.”
Leslie William Nielsen - Father Jebedaiah Mayii

“If you work hard enough, and you want it bad enough... dreams do come true. So follow your dreams.”
Mark Wahlberg - Chris 'Izzy' Cole

“Love is slowing you down, my lady. I will catch you at last, if you love much more.”
Sir Christopher Lee - King Haggard

“The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.”
Sylvester Stallone - Lincoln Hawk

“He was like an angel, you know? I never knew life could be like that. He was the one thing I followed through in my life, the one thing I didn't give up on. I was good at loving him.”

Marisa Tomei - Caroline

“The trouble with some people is they work too hard.”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“Truth, like football, receive many kicks before reaching goal.”
Warner Oland - Charlie Chan

“If you don't love me, I'll love you enough for both of us.”

Ingrid Bergman - María

“You need a lotta patience to put up with me, Mary; but if anyone can do it, I'm sure you're the one.”
Walter Huston - Abraham Lincoln

“Please don't give up. We'll start all over again. Just you and I. It isn't too late. The John Doe movement isn't dead yet.”

Barbara Stanwyck - Ann Mitchell

“- Judith: Now that you're here, we're all giving up.
- Terry Randall: At least I'm gonna have a try at it. If I can act, I want the world to know it. If I can't, I want to know it.”

Lucille Desiree Ball - Judith
Katharine Hepburn - Terry Randall

“Even though we might be the last wagon, we'd never be the first to fall out.”
Tyrone Power - Jonathan Kent

“Give people what they want, then later you can give them what you want.”
Sir Ian Holm - Pascal

“Fifteen years ago, John Hammond had a dream. Like John himself, the dream was grand. It was outsized. It was bold. It was impractical. It was not to be. Half an hour from now… John Hammond's dream, re-imagined, will come true.”
Arliss Howard - Peter Ludlow

“- Jack Wilson: You're fast and you like pain. You eat it like candy. I've seen a few cases like that in my time. The more they get hurt, the more dangerous they become. But you got to be durable, too. Real durable. Most aren't.
- Philo Beddoe: Yeah, you're right. Most aren't.”
William Smith - Jack Wilson
Clint Eastwood - Philo Beddoe

“How many times have I told you I hated you and believed it in my heart? How many times have you said you were sick and tired of me; that we were all washed up? How many times have we had to fall in love all over again?”

Myrna Loy - Milly Stephenson

“I came home with a heart full of love, but you don't want to understand. Some day you'll understand, the same as Mama does.”
Al Jolson - Jakie Rabinowitz

“Even if she goes to the ends of the Earth, my hatred will follow her!”

Barbara O'Neil - Duchesse de Praslin

“- Raymond Passworthy: Is there never to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest?
- Oswald Cabal: Rest enough for the individual man. Too much and too soon, and we call it death. But for Man, no rest and no ending.”
Edward Chapman - Raymond Passworthy
Raymond Massey - Oswald Cabal

“- John Robie: You're a singular girl.
- Frances Stevens: Is that good or bad?
- John Robie: Oh, it's good, it's quite good. You know what you want. You go out after it and nothing stops you from getting it.
- Frances Stevens: You make it sound corny.”
Cary Grant - John Robie
Grace Kelly - Frances Stevens