Quotes About Determination

A fe mía que será la cosa más fácil - dijo Franz -, pues me parece que tengo alas de águila, capaces de dar la vuelta al mundo en veinticuatro horas. - ¡Vaya, vaya! ¡Ya empieza a actuar el hachís; abrid pues, esas alas, y volad a las regiones de la fantasía! Nada os arredre, que hay quien vela por vos, y si vuestras alas se derriten al sol como las de Ícaro, aquí estoy yo para recibiros.

Ho solo due avversari - non dico due vincitori, perché li sottometto con la tenacia - la distanza e il tempo. Il terzo, ed è il più terribile, sta nella mia condizione di mortale. Ciò solo può fermarmi nella strada che percorro e prima che abbia conseguito lo scopo a cui miro. Tutto il resto l'ho calcolato.

Oh lavoro, lavoro! La mia passione, la mia gioia, la mia furia, a te spetta sfinire tutti i miei patimenti!

Sí, la adhesión, que así en términos decorosos se llama a la ambición que espera.

at the end of his teeth.

Ah,' said I, after four hours' work, 'since we are sinking, let us sink; we can die but once.

The anchor was instantly dropped, and the chain ran rattling through the port-hole. Dantes continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manoeuvre was completed, and then he added, "Half-mast the colors, and square the yards!" "You see," said Danglars, "he fancies himself captain already

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Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however rarified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.

Nothing but the recollection of his oath gave him strength to proceed.

I do what I please, M. Beauchamp, and it is always well done.

Je suis venu à Paris avec quatre écus dans ma poche, et je me serais battu avec quiconque m'aurait dit que je n'étais pas en état d'acheter le Louvre.

Mais, pour lire les auteurs étrangers, je ne sais ni le grec, ni l'anglais, ni l'allemand.   - Parbleu  ! la belle affaire, vous apprendrez ces langues-là.   - Comment  ?   - Je n'en sais rien. Mais retenez ceci : on apprend toujours ce que l'on veut apprendre ;

of steel. Fight on all occasions. Fight

moment, said d'Artagnan. I will not abandon Buckingham thus. He gave us

Non si sarebbe annoiata, grazie a Dio! Avrebbe avuto il più dolce passatempo che gli avvenimenti possano concedere a una donna della sua tempra: una bella vendetta da mettere a punto.

Remember, nowadays it's only by personal courage that a man can get on in this world.

I shall see you again, if I have to set the world on fire for that. - The Three Musketeers

Oui, et je comprends ; pour retrouver une femme, vous faites la cour à une autre : c'est le chemin le plus long, mais le plus amusant.

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Tu mais tarde não obedecerás aos teus medos.

La vida es para asumirla con valentía.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.