Quotes About Determination

I have a lot that I intend to do in this life.

If I had given up everything that my life was about ... I'd let cancer win before it needed to.

I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.

In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside.

Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd' was a huge touchstone for me, my favorite musical for sure.

Listen to me, even when you lose, it's OK to lose, but you can never get comfortable with it. You can never be satisfied with losing. When you lose, it's got to hurt.

Sometimes in life, you have to hit back! It's not always gonna be easy!

Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.

You can't live life being afraid, because fear censors ambition.

There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.

If life was what you made of it, then it could not be made for you.

I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know.

It's not what you do - it's the intensity of your feeling that determines how far you go in the spiritual life.

Approach each task in your life, no matter how simple or how complex, with power.

There are powers and forces that will seek to block you, to make your life more difficult. But if you are up to the study, then you continue to progress without getting discouraged.

It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.

you grab at any sign of hope. You grab it with both hands and breathe life into it, day after day. You do anything to keep it alive.

There are some decisions in life that only you can make.

Permanent weight loss means making small, manageable changes and sticking with them for life.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.