Quotes About Determination

There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone.

It takes guts to be married to someone who, in times of crisis, may be more available to strangers than to his or her own family. It takes determination to stay home alone at night, fortitude to go to a party by yourself, persistence to be both mother and father, and spunk to say what you really think. It might even take courage for you to read this book.

I let the insults go by. A good swordsman doesn't pay attention to words in a fight.

may be small, but I'm mighty!

when people come up with new ideas, they have to have confidence in themselve to say " i can do it

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.

Neither of us had the easy confidence of someone like Harry Minor, who could gleefully complain of "not knowing a fucking thing," then set about knowing it.

There are certain men who, when faced with the choice of dying or doing the impossible, elect to live. This story is written in honor of their kind.

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.

Quality … has to do with intention.

If she wanted something a certain way, and I was against it just to be bossy – then that would be controlling. If I had insisted on something that showed I cared only about myself – that would be controlling. But when you set a goal that shows you care about your loved ones and you stick to it even when people are against you, that's being strong.

I'll tell you what: I may have fucked my life up flatter than hammered shit, but I stand here before you today beholden to no human cocksucker.

You move forward. You face up to your challenges. You don't retreat. You're young, and sometimes you'll wish you could. But don't.

The first and great commandment is Don't let them scare you.

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.

I'll be riding rough horses when you are salted away in a box.

A man does what he feels is right, no matter what it costs him.

I have always thought, Mr. Bitts, that a hard man is good to find.

I may not have been the first to wish to marry her, but I am the one who succeeded.

Write out your own ending, Nevvy!" Chuffy exclaimed.

You may still be standing, dear,' it read, 'but the rest of us are on the fucking floor.

And it really taught me something important. Sometimes, you just have to step up to the plate, even if the plate is miles outside your comfort zone. It's like going deep inside yourself, forgetting about whatever emotions you may have and thinking: no, I'm a performer. This is what I do. Get on with it.

But the fact that he never expressed it instilled in me a desire to show him that I'd made the right decision. It made me driven. I thought the more successful I got, the more it proved him wrong, whether he acknowledged it or not. Even today, I still sometimes think that I'm trying to show my father what I'm made of, and he's been dead since 1991.

I worked really hard, maybe too hard, but it felt like there was an unstoppable momentum behind me that carried me on no matter how exhausted I was, that drove me through any kind of setback.