Quotes About Determination

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.

We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral gudance

Preguntóle Fago si no había en su casa algún hombre forzudo que quisiese trabajar, a lo que respondió la anciana que en su familia no había más hombre que su hija Ignacia, la cual tenía una fuerza como la de una vaca.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

But sometimes when you are getting nowhere, you have to give the wasps' nest a wallop

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

When you run a marathon, you mean it. We're built for running. We dream of flying. For now, though, we're built to run.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Nothing can resist a human will that will stake its existence on a purpose

Nothing resists a human will that stakes its very existence upon the achievement of its purpose

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

The secret to success is constancy of purpose.

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us...