Tom Holt Quotes

If one does not search for things, how will he ever find anything?

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

The word 'seek' means to go in search of, try to discover, try to acquire. It requires an active, assertive approach to life.

We shall either find a way or make one.

If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.

Part of the success of Girls Who Code is that I am a hustler. When people ask what my biggest strength is, it's that I'm shameless. I will ask people for help even when I don't know them.

I have accepted the fact that I don't work very quickly, that I have been rejected a lot as a writer, and that what I do is unusual, so I just have to accept the terms and that it's going to take longer. It is what it is.

A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you

Know yourself and go in swinging.

For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.

I may not be the most patient woman in the world, or the most glamorous, or the most athletic, but I'm right up there at the top of the line when it comes to resiliency.

There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is "why not?" I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.

A person filled with gumption doesn’t sit about stewing about things. He’s at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what’s up the track and meeting it when it comes. That’s gumption. If you’re going to repair a motorcycle, an adequate supply of gumption is the first and most important tool. If you haven’t got that you might as well gather up all the other tools and put them away, because they won’t do you any good.

Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to take hold of.

See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.