Quotes About Determination

Tom Mix was born in Pennsylvania, and when he was ten years old his parents took him to see Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West. It changed young Tom forever. He took his mother's clothesline and taught himself rope tricks. He took scraps from around the house and made his own "cowboy outfit." And when he was finally old enough, he lit out for the rapidly vanishing West, ready to leave a mark as distinctive as Buffalo Bill or Wyatt Earp before it was gone forever.

Q: Why did the turkey cross the road? A: To prove he wasn't a chicken.

You had to hand it to the devil: long odds never dampened his enthusiasm one bit. David

If there was any American value worth adopting, it was a willingness to fight and die for freedom. More

Settle in your mind what you want, what your goal is with your writing, and then take steps to reach that goal.

All night I sat there with the body of my brother and did not sleep. I vowed that someday I would go back and kill the wild dogs in the cave. I would kill all of them. I thought of how I would do it, but mostly I thought of Ramo, my brother.

At that moment I walked across the deck and, though many hands tried to hold me back, flung myself into the sea.

At any stage of the game — regardless of your educational level, upbringing or age — you can decide to leapfrog the pettiness of people to achieve your goals. When you make a commitment and have the courage to stick with it through thick and thin, you'll double your income — and more.

Believe in himself, to chart his course and stick to it

This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything

playing a game is a voluntary effort to overcome unnecessary obstacles.

We go straight". I say again. "If we start making turns, we might not know what direction is what. If we keep going straight, at least we know how to get back to where we came from if we get into trouble. I know it's tiring, but walking uphill is a good thing-every step we take is a step closer to getting out." "I see shoulders droop, I hear heavy sighs. They don't want to agree with me; they want to go the easier way".

We will not be used. We will not let them change us. They think we are property? They are mistaken.

Sometimes courage is carried by a roar—sometimes it is hidden within a wavering voice.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. The phrase is attributed to Herodotus and refers to the courier service of the ancient Persian Empire.

My first love was everything, all at once. The kind of love you fight for, the kind of boy you fight for.

It ain't no broken.

A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow." – GEORGE PATTON

I was willing to do it. was determined to do it. By the end of the day, that had become my reaction to all of the signs of hard things ahead - a new purposefulness, hardy resolve. Everything I'd encountered so far - the law, my classmates, the great piece of discovery - had left me in deep thrall and I was bent on making sure that continued. I would have the best of it, I decided, whatever the obstacles.

Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on in spite of it.

I was willing to do it. I was determined to do it. By the end of the day, that had become my reaction to all of the signs of hard things ahead - a new purposefulness, hardy resolve. Everything I'd encountered so far - the law, my classmates, the great piece of discovery - had left me in deep thrall and I was bent on making sure that continued. I would have the best of it, I decided, whatever the obstacles.

I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood

In many fields a year of focused work plus caring a lot would be enough.