Quotes About Determination

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, [...] the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

The overseer beat him, tried to starve him, wouldn't let him have any shoes, treated him so badly that he had a very intense, passionate hatred for white people. My grandfather was the one who instilled in my mother and her sisters, and in their children, that you don't put up with bad treatment from anybody. It was passed down almost in our genes

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

It will be our revenge and our reason. I have made it my catalyst and my propeller. It seems only fair don't you think?

Women were not and never had been the weaker sex, she reflected. They could make sacrifices from which men would ever shy away.

Florence Nightingale was never called "the Lady with the Lamp," but "the Lady with the Hammer," an image deftly readjusted by the war reporter of the Times since it was far too coarse for the folks back home. Far from gliding about the hospital with her lamp aloft, Nightingale earned her nickname through a ferocious attack on a locked storeroom when a military commander refused to give her the medical supplies she needed.

We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed.

You must accept that you might fail then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

You must accept that you might fail then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, and you don't branch out, you don't try-you don't take the risk.

The drive to be successful and the fear of failure are, like the head and tail of a coin, inseparably linked.

I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.

She may not have believed in God, but I'm pretty certain God believed in her.

I already knew, too, that these questions would not change the facts. But they would inevitably change the way we sought justice.

I don't know why they want me here on earth, the little rocks. I don't know why they care about me as they do. I only know that by the time I reached the tree I had no choice but to fling the rope away from myself. I turned back, my fingers rubbing the little agate. All the way back to the store not a single rock slipped underfoot.

I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.

Chin up, Ferdinand, I kept saying to myself, to keep up my courage. What with being chucked out of everywhere, you're sure to find whatever it is that scares all those bastards so. It must be at the end of the night, and that's why they're so dead set against going to the end of the night.

our frenzy to persist in our present state—that's the unconscionable torture.

I'm a testiculate animal, Ferdinand, and when I have a fact, I hang on to it for dear life

Maybe they thought they could make me go and commit suicide if they yelled loud enough. But either you have it in you or you don't.

A man should be resigned to knowing himself a little better each day if he hasn't got the guts to put an end to his sniveling once and for all.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am leaning how to sail my ship.