Quotes About Determination

Obama's rhetorical overtures to democracy, it turned out, were just a decoy to conceal his unwavering determination to govern from the far left.

There are few personal problems that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosive.

If at first you don't succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.

Only two kinds of people in the world; those who 'get it done,' and everybody else.

There will be challenges." "So? Do what I do: shoot them.

Henry Ford failed in business several times and was flat broke five times before he founded the Ford Motor Company.

seed of greatness exists in every human being. Whether it sprouts or not is our choice.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the actions." -Confucius

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.

Thomas Edison's teachers told him he was "too stupid to learn anything.

Beethoven was so awkward on the violin that his teachers believed him hopeless as a composer.

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance," wrote John D. Rockefeller.

New York City on June 6, 1884. He had nothing but a few cents in his pocket, a few poems, calculations for a

Ambition shows you the path to success, but drive is what gets you through it.

Examples of such remarkable transformations abound throughout history. Henry Ford failed in business several times and was flat broke five times before he founded the Ford Motor Company.

Jordan didn't make his sophomore team because he was deemed too short and average to play at that level. Stan Smith, a world-class tennis player

But all barriers yield to one mythical quality: drive. The will to persist and overcome. To never give up. To never accept defeat.

Williams began his path to greatness at the age of seven, when he decided to dedicate his entire life to one singular task: hitting a baseball as perfectly

Henry Ford failed in business several times and was flat broke five times before he founded the Ford Motor Company. In his youth, Thomas Edison's teachers told him he was "too stupid to learn anything." Beethoven was so awkward on the violin that his teachers believed him hopeless as a composer.

Imagine the pressure Tesla faced: both the world's most powerful financier—one of the last enemies you'd want—and the world's greatest inventor were trying to draw a bead on him and pull the trigger. Most men would've quietly resigned, or begged for scraps, but not Tesla.

Defiantly do the work instead and Resistance withers.

this we can see the necessity of being willing to fight for your creations. Morgan and Edison weren't satisfied with trying to ruin Tesla through capitalistic competition—they were resorting to outright depravity

to win, whereas others quit early and easily? Are there practical answers to these questions, or are they unsolvable enigmas of human psychology? Well, I believe there are very practical answers to what makes a genius tick. I believe

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.