Quotes About Determination

My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Stoop to conquer.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Plodding wins the race.

If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.

The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut it up into little pieces.

To try and to fail, is not laziness

The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of.

The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

If the thing you want beyond anything cannot be, it is much better to recognize it and go forward, instead of dwelling on one's regrets and hopes.

Really, my friend! But I will not sit back and say 'le bon Dieu has arranged everything, I will not interfere.' Because I am convinced that le bon Dieu created Hercule Poirot for the express purpose of interfering. It is my métier.

Everything is possible, isn't it? The world soon teaches one that!

Of course, if you've made up your mind about it, you'll find an answer to everything.

When I want to get anywhere, I usually do.

It is the courage, the insistence, the ruthless force of youth.

M. Van Aldin is an obstinate man," said Poirot drily. "I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

With method and logic one can accomplish anything!