Quotes About Determination

Anthony Trollope

CHAPTER LXXII 'BID HIM BE A MAN

Anthony Trollope

CHAPTER LIX THE LAST EFFORT

Perhaps I may do something by writing,' said Charley, very bashfully. 'By writing! ha, ha, ha,' and Alaric laughed somewhat cruelly at the poor navvy—' do something by writing! what will you do by writing? will you make £20,000—or 20,000 pence? Of all trades going, that, I should say, is likely to be the poorest for a poor man—the poorest and the most heart-breaking.

Men fail often in other things, in the pursuit of honour, fortune, or power, and when they fail they can begin again.

But running away is not the thing. One may be pretty nearly sure that one is right when one says that a man shouldn't run away from anything.

I am beginning to feel that I have been wrong." "I don't think you have been wrong at all." "A man is wrong if he attempts to carry a weight too great for his strength." "A certain nervous sensitiveness, from which you should free yourself as from a disease, is your only source of weakness. Think about your business as a shoemaker thinks of his. Do your best, and then let your customers judge for themselves

Anthony Trollope

CHAPTER XLV LORD RUFFORD MAKES UP HIS MIND

Que les poètes morts laissent la place aux autres. Et nous pourrions tout de même voir que c'est notre vénération devant ce qui a été déjà fait, si beau et si valable que ce soit, qui nous pétrifie, qui nous stabilise et nous empêche de prendre contact avec la force qui est dessous, que l'on appelle l'énergie pensante, la force vitale, le déterminisme des échanges, les menstrues de la lune ou tout ce qu'on voudra.

La matière ne me mangera pas, moi.

Senenmut era capaz de captar su fuerza, a pesar

Pessimismo dell'intelligenza, ottimismo della volontà.

Miedo al rechazo... Hermanito, voy a decirte algo, tal vez lo único que aprendí en mi corta vida. Si la cuerda no fuera delgada, no tendría gracia caminar por ella.

cap abilities'.

Waffen-SS prisoners were conspicuous by their rarity, either because of their determination to go down fighting, or from being shot on sight by their captors. One

but the outcome of the battle depended on nerve as much as resources.

we must use a firm hand.

Richard looked at the bow-tips that twinkled in the sun, the arrows being slowly notched and pointing down the field at him. He flung his head back and dug the golden spurs of knighthood into his horse's flanks. He galloped straight towards the revel lines and shouted, So now I shall be your leader, as you wished me to!

What are you afraid of, Lou?" "Afraid? I'm not afraid of anything," Lou

People have been telling me since I was a little girl that I was too fervent, too forceful, too much.

It satisfied the edict my mother had issued many times throughout my life: "You have to make your own living; you never want to be dependent on a man.

BUT SOMEHOW, IF YOU want to badly enough, you can always report a story. It feels like magic but it works like carpentry. You build a frame, and then you build on that, and pretty soon you have something to stand on so you can hammer away at a height that was initially out of reach.