Quotes About Determination

Fuck you,' Samuel said as he stole the ball, drove down the court, and went in for a two-handed, rattle-the-foundations, ratify-a-treaty, abolish-income-tax, close-the-uranium-mines monster dunk.

Had she been hanging on to her dream of being a writer, but only barely hanging on, and something made her let go?

And that's when I knew that I was going to be okay.

If you care about something enough, it's going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear.

It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the hugest words in the world when they're put together. You can do it.

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.

Sherman Alexie

I then vowed to finally finish the years-late sequel to my best-selling book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I needed that money. My mother needed that money. I hadn't been able to finish the book because of the pathological fear that my sequel would be The Phantom Menace instead of The Empire Strikes Back. But, on the airplane, I thought, Okay, okay, Phantom sucked, but it still made big cash. I'm gonna Yoda this book for my mother.

I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound, but nobody,no matter how much pain they're in, can run that fast.

My parents sold blood for money to buy food. Poverty was our spirit animal.

We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination. Mine are the stories which can change or not change the world. It doesn't matter which as long as I continue to tell the stories.

You've got a lot of crafty ambition for an Indian boy who can't sew for shit.

How you choose to respond to each moment of the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and the next, and eventually how you feel when the movie ends.

The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. (Savitar)

Over, under, around, or through. There is always a way. - Soteria

Laugh it up, asshole. But she who laughs last laughs longest, and I intend to belly roll tonight ~Tabitha

Hopeless implies that at one time there was hope. And that's another word I don't understand. Hope only exists for people who have choices. [Zarek]

You can take my life, but you'll never break me. So bring me your worst... And I will definitely give you mine.

The tiger lies low not from fear, but for aim. ~Wren

Yeah, right. Life is a soul-sucking test that you either survive or you fail. Personally, I think failure blows, so I intend to survive and laugh my ass off at all the losers. (Nick)

That's right. Get thee behind me, bitches. I don't got no time for you. Ha! (Tabitha)

Possible or not, they tried to turn me into a Nick McNugget. (Nick)

If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough

Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former fall into it, and the latter pursue it at all costs. They won't be denied. Nothing daunts them.