Quotes About Determination

Men do not fail they give up trying.

Come on, man. What's that about?" U.S. Rep. Cummings

They say, 'Take some graveyard dirt, you'll be a great guitar player.' Hacksaw Harney told me to try that, he said that's why he play so good. He took me along with him to get some, but I got about halfway there, and I said no. He said, 'You got to do that if you want to be a better player.' I said I guessed I was good enough.

Remember what we taught you to do when you get to the end of your rope?" "Make a knot and hang on," Ayers says.

Hollis was raised by Tom Shaw; she can start a fire with a pile of dry leaves and a dirty look.

Some women, Ava realizes, would crumple in a pile and feel sorry for themselves, but not Jennifer. Jennifer puts on her gnome sweater.

quickly. "And I'll find something. I'm not completely penniless." Maia swallows. "Gramps told me I could move

I will never be disappointed if you strike out swinging. That means you tried.

She channels her inner Doris Day and feigns a que será será attitude.

she's not wrong. Men are like that. But we don't have to put up with it. Jessie, do you hear me? We do not have to put up with it.

She chastised herself and considered calling back, but in the end she had the good sense to return to reading Stephen Crane.

where a person comes from means far less than what she makes of herself.

makes of herself.

backbone, Eddie informed Allegra that she would not have

when you get to the end of your rope?" "Make a knot and hang on," Ayers says.

no amount of money or logistics is worth a lifetime of settling.

Do all brilliant ideas seem brilliant from the very beginning, or do they seem far-fetched until they come into clearer focus?

But those who try, know that strength and knowledge come with doing.

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.

You should see the other guy..." Teddy says, in this laconic tone that matches her black kimono. She takes a drag on a joint, barely glancing up from the crossword, which she always does in pen.

Passion is a choice. You need to choose to be great. It's not a chance, it's a choice.

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?

I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.