Quotes About Determination

Acting, taken to the highest level, requires a fierce, total focus of your time and energy at the cost of just about everything else.

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.

The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25.

I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'

I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss.

Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.

We always make so many excuses for ourselves - 'I'm so busy, I'm so tired, I don't want to do it.' You know? 'I'm passionate about it, but I'm not going to be the person that changes things.' Why do we tell ourselves that? We totally could. There are so many people who are making so much change just because they're passionate.

My mother and father met through climbing and it was totally natural that I would become a climber too.

I grew up in a bit of a feminist fantasy with a single mom. I was totally shielded, in a way, from an idea that I couldn't do something.

When 'Totally Biased' was canceled, I thought my career was over - but apparently it wasn't.

I've totally embraced it. I like Princess Leia. I like how she was feisty.

Of course my goal is to be the champion, and of course I want revenge with Amanda because I feel much stronger, and I know next time it will be a totally different result of the fight.

I had a tryout when I was, like, 19 and totally not prepared. I was 170 pounds with homemade gear. At that point, I realized how far I had to go to even get looked at. Then, when I was 22 or 23, I was much more prepared, and that second tryout went way better.

Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!

Today is a good day to die. But I've decided to stay alive until tomorrow

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social. Otherwise you'll end up being devoured.

1. I live and breathe music. 2. I do not allow music to control me; I control the music. 3. I was born to make music. 4. Music is the message that comes from my soul and the most profound thought from the spiritual world. 5. Writing music is my reason to wake up every morning. 6. Music and fashion speak volume about your style.

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force. ELAINE MAXWELL

If you're planning on dropping out of high school, prepare yourself for the future by repeating aloud each day: "I'm looking forward to low-paying jobs for the rest of my life.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.