Quotes About Determination

diagrammed the motor in the sand while his friend watched, unsure of what to think. After all, such a machine was theoretically impossible. In fact, seven years earlier, his professor at a college in Austria ridiculed him for suggesting that direct current generators could

An unexpected dead end in one journey is merely an opportunity to set a new course for another. Losing what we have can only do us real harm when we feel we can't create it, or something equally valuable or compelling, again, and that ability resides squarely in our imagination.

Only in purpose can you find the strength to cross the Rubicon and march toward greatness. Goals are the milestones you create for your journey.

I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.

You have to try to shore up the levee when the flood races down. Even with your bare hands.

Heroic things had been suggested to them, and though they were not heroes as you might read about in old Greek stories, their hearts, such as they were, answered.

That's probably the most ridiculous sentence that a man like you could come out with. You always had a choice. You just weren't brave enough to pay the price for your decisions

Combat isn't where you might die -- though that does happen -- it's where you find out whether you get to keep on living. Don't underestimate the power of that revelation. Don't underestimate the things young men will wager in order to play that game one more time.

It's a tricky place, especially the last sector. I wasn't happy in practice. I wasn't happy with the car and I wasn't happy with myself. But I always thought there was more in the car.

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

Try to take a shortcut, but I get cut again and again

Fuck it, I'll make my own quote.

Ty sådana fålar finna livet svårt, som inte tåla sporre eller piska. Vid varje smärta, som övergår dem, skena de åstad på vilda vägar mot gapande avgrunder. Så snart vägen är stenig och färden bekymmersam, veta de ingen annan råd än att välta lasset och fara åstad i galenskap.

É mais fácil voar alto do que baixo (...) é mais fácil voar depressa do que devagar.

Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.

Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstriped suit.

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge -- no matter how great -- because we know that on the other side there is always hope

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

She realised she had lost something of herself over the past six years. She had lost her edge, her wit and her stoicism. She had become softer and she resolved to find herself again

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's a tough match, I act like I'm having a good time. I'm a drama queen.

Hold serve,Hold serve,Hold serve. Focus,Focus,Focus. Be confident,Be confident,Be confident. Hold serve. Hold,Hold,Hold. Move Up, Attack, Kill. Smile. Hold!!!

A champion is not defined by their wins but how they recover when they fall