Finish Quotes

1334 Finish quotes by 1048 unique authors

If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it. — Stan Smith
The canvas you are working on modifies the previous ones in an unending, baffling chain which never seems to finish. What sympathy is demanded of… — Philip Guston
My pictures really finish themselves. — Howard Hodgkin
I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do;… — Ai Weiwei
Those who will not start, will never finish. — Jack Adams
Put off finish as it takes a lifetime - wait until later to try to finish things - make a lot of starts. — Charles Webster Hawthorne
One of my rigid goals is to keep each book under 300 pages because I think so much nonfiction is literally weighty that people don't… — Thomas Cahill
Do not be afraid that too much labour over the composition is going to kill the spontaneity. Those who absorb and digest their experiences are,… — John F. Carlson
Take your brush here and there like a bee in an alpine meadow. In other words, don't laboriously work on or try to finish off… — Robert Genn
There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around… — Steve Jobs
I sing God's music because it makes me feel free. It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues. — Mahalia Jackson
Your life is like a book. The title page is your name, the preface your introductions to the world. The pages are a daily record… — Grenville Kleiser
Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line… — John C. Maxwell
When thing are at it's worse you dig deep and finish your mission or be carried out on your shield. — Cung Le
I don't want to have a good fight, I don't want to have an exciting fight, I want to have a finish. — Michael Chandler
Sometimes you start a little further back from the starting line. And you're going to have to work a little bit harder, and push it… — Nick Newell
The beginning of a painting is a very energized, exciting time, and it generates most of the energy I have. If I've gotten 75 per… — Burton Silverman
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a… — Michael Koryta
I was able to get through the field and get this Lowe's ProServices Chevy up front. Those last few restarts I was able to hang… — Jimmie Johnson
When you are reading a book and you finish a chapter, you don’t keep re-reading the chapter you just finished. You move on to the… — Stephen Reid
I don't have a nanny or a housekeeper, and I only have a cleaner for one hour each week. I finish work and go home.… — Victoria Beckham
Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish. — Bernard Cornwell
Don't start something that you cannot finish. — Justin Somper
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what… — Charles de Lint
Never act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job. — Marcus Aurelius

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