Quotes About Determination

Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.

Knock the "t" off the "can't."

Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

Nothing [...] will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

example, "Love Finds a Way," pp.

Ma járt le a borivás és a színház ellen tett fogadalmam, s úgy határoztam, élek is e szabadságommal, miel?tt újra fogadalmat teszek.

it is better to accept the inevitable with energy. Well then, if I have not chosen up till now, now I choose. That is freedom. Having chosen, I am free. Somewhere in my memory

I will bear any thing you can inflict upon me with Patience, even to the laying down of my Life, to shew my Obedience to you in other Cases; but I cannot be patient, I cannot be passive, when my Virtue is at Stake!

Key concept," said the Fat Man, "to think that you're doing a shitty job. If you resign yourself to doing a shitty job, you go ahead and get the job done, and since we're all in the ninety-ninth percentile of interns, at one of the best ternships in the world, what you do turns out to be a terrific job, a superlative job. Don't forget that four out of every ten interns in America can't speak English.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Never doubt your capacity to achieve and accomplish your goals. The world is your oyster, go find you pearls.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

A good idea takes its own time to catch up, you need to give it that time and not give up

Dare to do something different. Don't go with the status quo. Just bring passion and obsession together to build a masterpiece

Do not take no for an answer

Entrepreneurs give up sense of entitlement for school/university or how much money you were able to raise so far. Nothing succeeds like success.

Entrepreneurship is a real test of once conviction

defeat the defeat before the defeat defeats you

What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.