Quotes About Determination

Despite his lack of legal training, Henry M. Flagler drew up the act of incorporation.

I made up my mind that, if I could manage it, some day I would give away crisp bills, too.

This was nicely illustrated by an anecdote.

Still, Tidewater pushed relentlessly ahead.

Once Washington had set his sights on independence, his vision was unblinking, and his consistency proved one of his most compelling qualities.

Despite being the target of so much public obloquy, Rockefeller seemed fearless.

He was a man who always acted on Flagler's business motto of favoring "sharp, vigorous and decisive measures.

As far as Archbold was concerned, Rockefeller was now in too deep to back out.

once John D. Rockefeller, Sr., set his mind to something, he brought awesome powers of concentration to bear.

Shy and bookish, she tended, like Rockefeller, to arrive at brilliant solutions by slow persistence.

Yet she decided never to marry and to remain self-sufficient.

I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions and not upon our circumstances.

if he failed to reach that level, Rockefeller would make up the difference.

Well, Grant, We've had the devil's own day, haven't we? Sherman remarked. Yes, replied Grant with a drag on his cigar. Lick 'em tomorrow though. p205

In the end, nobody would do more than Alexander Hamilton to infuse life into this parchment and make it the working mandate of the American government.

Yet again he contemplated giving up business. An

Nothing could keep him from his morning game.

This refusal to truckle, bend, or bow to others, this insistence on dealing with other people on his own terms, time, and turf, distinguished Rockefeller throughout his career.

Rockefeller was extremely uncompromising on the subject.

Despite his slow, ponderous style, once he had thoroughly mulled over his plan of action, he had the power of quick decision.

Although Hanna urged him to drop the suit, Watson would not relent.

When playing checkers or chess, he showed exceptional caution, studying each move at length, working out every possible countermove in his head. "I'll move just as soon as I get it figured out," he told opponents who tried to rush him. "You don't think I'm playing to get beaten, do you?"12 To ensure that he won, he submitted to games only where he could dictate the rules.

Never sure of himself, Junior plodded ahead, always wondering where he was heading.

Life was a serious business to me when I was young.