Quotes About Determination

In the creative world, ideas are worthless unless they are acted on.

lack of execution is: "The single biggest obstacle to success and the cause of most disappointments.

An extra 1% self-belief every day gets you almost 100% in three months

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn: It can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the wrong person's brow. —Charles Browder

Anything worth doing is worth doing badly

Howard Schulz approached 242 people to raise money for Starbucks and was rejected by 217 of them.

Walt Disney was turned down for a loan for Disney theme parks 300 times.

Colonel Sanders went to 1,000 restaurants before someone bought his KFC chicken recipe.

If you're not getting nos you're not trying.

When the world says, "Give up," hope whispers, "Try it one more time." —Anon

The opposite of success isn't failure, it's doing nothing.

Waywardness is an ongoing exploration of what might be; it is an improvisation with the terms of social existence, when the terms have already been dictated, when there is little room to breathe...It is the untiring practice of trying to live when you were never meant to survive. It is the untiring practice of trying to live when you were never meant to survive.

Start by doing what's necessary then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

The tired ox treads with a firmer step.

The Roman world is falling, yet we hold our heads erect instead of bowing our necks.

Articulating and expanding your motivation when you wake up in the morning has the power to change your whole day.

The exertion it takes to get back in shape when we are out of shape is arguably more than it takes to stay in shape...

What is my motivation?

Although the process of meditating is different from running, the tools are the same: we need to be determined and exert ourselves. If we can get through the beginning, we will probably be successful.

when we exert ourselves toward positive endeavors, we should not grimace, but rather have the joy of an elephant jumping into a pool of cool water on a hot, dusty day.

Running and meditation are very personal activities. Therefore they are lonely. This loneliness is one of their best qualities because it strengthens our incentive to motivate ourselves.

Regard the Franj! Behold with what obstinacy they fight for their religion, while we, the Muslims, show no enthusiasm for waging holy war.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.