Quotes About Determination

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

Something deep inside me lives by challenges.

I like to call it a 'sacred fire' when you have it inside you: the will to win every game.

You got to be a champion on the inside.

I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.

My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.

When I'm inside the cage, nobody will take anything away from me.

The flack I got for 'Saw' is why I wanted to direct 'Insidious 2.'

I think when you start talking about selling a company or a company wants to buy you, then you start thinking about how much money you're going to have. That's insidious because it saps your will to continue.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.

I have enough energy to insist on saying what I think.

Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess, of sounding like everybody else.

Acting is my passion but everyone was against it. But mom insisted that her daughter would do what she wanted, no matter how brilliant a student she was.

I definitely wanted to give acting a shot. And Mom helped me decide what I should do by insisting that my decision should be based on what I thought was right for me.

I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't.

If you want to do things right, you have to dig deep for that inspiration.

Inspiration is basically just saying how I accomplished my goals or how I am accomplishing my goals.

In 2006, when I had come very close to calling my agent and telling him I needed to take a break, NaNoWriMo was where I found my inspiration again.

Never ignore someone with a disability, as we don't realize how much they can inspire.

I come from nothing, and growing up, I really didn't have many people to inspire me, at least no good people to inspire me.

I inspire myself.

When people told me that I couldn't do something, I wanted to always prove them wrong. That comes a lot from people always bullying me because of my size and not thinking that I could do anything to impact the world or inspire other people.