“I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.”
"Huele las rosas. Huele el café. Lo que sea que te haga feliz."
- Rita Moreno
Happiness
"It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people."
- Rita Moreno
Creativity
"It is through art that we will prevail and endure. It lives on after us and defines us as a people."
- Rita Moreno
Creativity
"There was nobody that I could look up and say “That’s somebody like me”. Which is probably why I’m now known in my community as ‘ La Pionera ’, or the Pioneer. I really don’t think of myself as a role model. But it turns out that I am to a lot of the Hispanic community. Not just in show business, but in life. But that’s what happens when you’re first, right?"
- Rita Moreno
Leadership
"The easiest way to prove them wrong is to do what they say you can’t."
- Rita Moreno
Determination
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge
Persistence
"I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes."
- Barbara Elaine Smith
Persistence
"First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice."
- Octavia Butler
Persistence
"A dragonfly's journey is proof that persistence carves canyons from cliffs"
Persistence
"Persistence pays off, buzz on like the dragonfly"
Persistence