Quotes About Determination

She would not fail this night. Nothing would stop her. Cassandra worked around to the far

An old Churchill slogan popped into Gray's head. If you're going through hell, keep going.

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

He counted his steps. That was how you got through tough things. You counted. Once you said, "one," then you knew "two" was coming, and "three" right after that.

If it's worth doing, I guess it's worth overdoing.

Endurance is the crowning quality…

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

It's 'most enough to make a deacon swear.

Fate loves the fearless.

I drive. That's what I do. All I do.

Don't give up. I don't think any other advice works. Writing is one of those things where you just have to do it. There will be far more people to discourage you than to encourage you. The time never comes to you, the inspiration doesn't come to you. You just sit down and do it." – James Lee Burke

Sometimes writing a novel feels about as rewarding as turning a spit in the fires of hell.

When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb with a pencil and a ten-cent notebook, and start the whole thing all over again." – Preston Sturges

We didn't wish -- wishes are wasted... We didn't hope -- because our future was inevitable... And we didn't pray -- we were on our own.

I'm useless. I quit everything I try.' 'That doesn't make you useless. It means you haven't quit on finding the thing that's right for you.

file. "James Miller. We'll need to determine if he is corrupt, or merely the unwitting tool of others.

If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.

He had a picture in his mind of Studs Lonigan courageously telling life and the world to stick itself up it's old tomato.

Stick to your teaching, Miss Alcott. You can't write.

I came home from work one day and felt compelled to write a book about free will.

Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.

Probably the most honest "self-made man" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way — fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."

Always do your absolute best. When you do your absolute best you can ALWAYS Expect To Win.

Before the creation of the welfare state, immigrants who came to this country were for the most part attracted by America's reputation as a land of freedom and opportunity. Laws and customs that then prevailed required immigrants to carve out their individual destinies by their own labor, perseverance, intelligence, and determination.