Quotes About Determination

I was able to fly when I believed. If you believe you can do anything, right?

Of him they said the proverb had been invented: All good swimmers are drowned.

Let's make it short and sweet," Mama interrupted. "In other words, you won't have it done by Passover? In that case I'll send for the other shoemaker." "Why shouldn't I have them done?" he said, wriggling. "For you, I'll put off the rest of the work. Your shoes, with God's help, will have to be finished for Passover. And no excuses!

If only you'd want to study, you could make something of yourself. If not, what will become of you? Absolutely nothing. You'll be a dog-catcher.

Once I give my word, I don't care if the world comes to an end.

To make a long story short, you know quite well that when a woman puts her foot down, she wins.

As your mother would say, "If you're knee-deep in mud, keep on crawling.

But after the last straw, there's always more, as my mother says.

I am but a small-winged bird: But I will conquer the big world As the bee-martin beats the crow By attacking it always from Above.

If you believe in what you are doing, then you must fight for it. You must stay. Do not let anyone frighten you away.

My ancestors survived famine and plagues and floods, and I'm going to survive this.

They had broken his legs, but he could crawl.

every man must risk something so that in the end he does not have to risk everything.

I worked my butt off to get where I am. I love it. I love the money. I love the power. I'm a king, baby, and I love being king.

For talent was like a frail flower growing under solid rock. In the end, nothing could stop it from bursting through and blooming.

You can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

I hope it doesn't get worse. But even if it gets worse, I won't regret it. I would rather be dead than live in the factory anymore. Not much difference as they just want you to work to death anyway. And you can't even think there or talk. but I have to think. I have to talk. I have to talk about what I think.

Jason was still on the blue eye, grabbing at the nylon belt that held up his hockey pants. Great. Two guys around us and swooping down on our goalie, and Jason is still undressing.

We were down three goals by the end of the first period, something Coach Blair did not find amusing. "Three to nothing!" he shouted as we filed into the dressing room at the end of the period. "Three to nothing! This game is worth four points and all of you are skating like ballerinas out there!

It is an honour to have plenty of enemies!

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing. Finally, after a countless succession of rebuffs, it succeeds.

Certain inadequacies in our psychic performance and certain actions performed apparently unintentionally prove, when methods of psychoanalytical investigation are applied to them, to be well motivated and determined by factors of which the conscious mind is unaware.

Was man nicht erfliegen kann, muß man erhinken. . . . . . . Die Schrift sagt, es ist keine Sünde zu hinken.

What exactly did Simone Weil mean when she said, When you have to make a decision in life, about what you should do, do what will cost you the most. Do what is difficult because it is difficult. Do what will cost you the most. Who were these people?