Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish.
All his life he [Robert Kennedy] had been schooled that nothing was worse than to finish second. But crushing fears are no longer so crushing once they are experienced.
Even if you start your laundry before 8 AM on Saturday, you will not finish folding it until after midnight on Sunday.
Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.
I'm sorry I couldn't carry the ball over the finish line, but, man, I did try.
I'd love to do well on a big weekend with people watching and cheering, of course. But it's not fair to create an expectation level before I know what is realistic. I want to finish as well as possible. Is that top 20? Top 15? Top 25? You just have to play it by ear.
I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective.
If you want to finish, sometimes you can't just finish. You gotta finish fast!
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.
The only purpose of starting is to finish
Don't start anything you're not prepared to finish.
Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life
Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
I'm jealous. I'm mad. I feel bad. But one day, I woke up and I thought, you know what? This is wearing me out. And I'm not getting anywhere. So, I decided that even though I did not have a good beginning, I made a decision that I was going to let go of what lies behind and I was going to have a great finish.
There's something helpful about the fast pace of a TV set where everything has to be finished by the end of the week. You have to finish the episode; it doesn't matter how long you have to go on Friday night, but you have to get it done.
I start a picture and I finish it.