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Quotes About Determination

You can't just say NO, he said. You got to do NO. You got to show it. You got to show you mean it by doing it. You got to show you're not going to do one thing by doing another. You got to make an end of it. One way or another.
~ Flannery O'Connor
She was so mad she burned the corn bread three days in a row
~ Flannery O'Connor
He had measured five feet four inches of pure gamecock.
~ Flannery O'Connor
resolve is not incompatible with Christian humility.
~ Fleming Rutledge
My family and friends, they know that I'm a really good competitor.
~ John Isner
On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.
~ David Einhorn
What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it.
~ Theo Paphitis
The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.
~ David Ortiz
There's only so far you can go before you say enough is enough.
~ Jennifer Granholm
I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn't quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.
~ Lando Norris
People laughed at him and said, 'you'll never be famous, your name is too hard.' But everybody knows who Arnold Schwarzengger is. I'm far, far away from where he is.
~ Hafthor Bjornsson
I gave up everything and nearly became a farmer, walking around in headscarf and wellies for 10 years to find my confidence again.
~ Lisa Stansfield
I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.
~ Joseph Conrad
My dad gives me goals, and then I kind of go even farther beyond those.
~ Myles Garrett
I think I would love to play a sportsperson myself. That is something I really want to do, since it fascinates me.
~ Nikita Dutta
Boxing fascinates me.
~ Takashi Miike
I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know.
~ Karl Lagerfeld
I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.
~ Vivienne Westwood
I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
~ Wilma Rudolph
I'm a fast writer.
~ Terry McMillan
In America everyone's fast.
~ Scott Dixon
I know my fastball command will get even better.
~ Jason Hammel
I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.
~ Cy Young
I don't have anything against United. Playing them won't make me run any faster or try any harder.
~ Wilfried Zaha