Quotes About Determination

self respect. self reliance. self control.

I am sore wounded but not slain I will lay me down and bleed a while And then rise up to fight again

Touch not the fighting-dog without a glove. Give me a fighting-dog and I come alive. Fighting-dogs always meant more to Tom Mitchell than people.

What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.

My story, or my life or my legacy can hopefully show [fans] that once you're down, that doesn't mean you're down forever. You never let up.

The only good excuse for not succeeding is DEATH! Unless you're trying to be a ghost. Then it's LIFE!

Often the biggest obstacle in meeting life's challenges is actually our own fear of failure.

When he hit it, I knew that it was my ball. But I had to catch it and it seemed like the hardest catch of my life. I said to myself, 'Two hands, just like your dad taught you.'

Success in life isn't only for the gifted or the privileged or those with a high IQ. Success is totally dependent on three things: persistence, determination and a positive mental attitude.

Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.

Steve Rom's bravery is unique. Faced with life-threatening circumstances, he focused his determination and spirit to defeat an unbeatable disease. Steve's story is an inspiration to all.

Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.

In my race, theres 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and its what you do, you know.

I thought, that day I started, I sure would hate to do this all my life, And dammit, that's just what I've gone and done.

He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.

Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth.

All his life he [Robert Kennedy] had been schooled that nothing was worse than to finish second. But crushing fears are no longer so crushing once they are experienced.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

It's been the structure of my life: you scheme and plan and try and fail and try again and accumulate and lose and win back, and then you tell.

I wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

...She felt that nothing could kill her hope now, nothing. She was seventy-five and she was going to make some changes in her life.