Quotes About Determination

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends.

As a scientist, I play in the top league - the Olympics, the World Championships - and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.

I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.

Before I reached 10 years old, I knew I was going to be an artist.

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

In my city of Maracay, there is a go kart circuit about five minutes from my home. When I was about three or four years old, I said I wanted to race, but I was too young; then, when I reached the age of seven, my father gave me a kart and we started from there.

I have worked long and hard to reach the level I have reached.

I've never reached the point where I was ready to abandon a series.

Athletes like me, PT Usha, Anju Bobby Gerorge have reached finals in Olympics, and it's not easy to reach the finals. If Indians were genetically inferior then we wouldn't have reached even finals.

Early on in my career, I used to get out in the 30s, 40s, fifties, and 60s. So I really appreciated reaching my first hundred.

You will definitely encounter lots of resistance on the road to super success, but don't let others stop you from reaching your goals.

If you've ever felt like you aren't good enough, you're not alone. However, if you're not careful, those feelings can keep you from reaching your greatest potential.

I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone would find me. I never gave up hope. I fell flat on my face and got up again.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

There will always be something higher for me to reach for, and as long as there is, I'll keep reaching.

Of all the things that can frustrate a guitarist the most, it's the nagging feeling that he's not reaching a certain level of proficiency as quickly as he should.

With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I'll take that. I'm reaching all the goals I've set for myself, so you can't say anything bad about that.

I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in.

I learned that one's mentality can influence how they react to physical obstacles.

We all have difficult moments in our careers. It is how you react to them that counts.