Quotes About Determination

The acquirement of wealth demanded his entire strength, and all lighter considerations he had consistently refused to recognize, until he thought them dead.

Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Just keep being true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun.

I talk of those incidents [with Bonnie and Clyde] as if I were not a part of any of it, like a character in a book I once read. It's the only way I keep from going crazy. Maybe we were all pretty young then, but we knew what we were doing. Clyde never held a gun to my head. I was there because I wanted to be! What's that they say in the movies? 'The show must go on!' Well, life goes on.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

If at first you don't succeed, pay someone to do it.

working hard keeps you from going crazy

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.

Success: Set your standarts high, and do not stop till you reach them.

Set your goals high, and don't stop until you get there.

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

If your idea is big enough and crazy enough, all you have to do is survive. If you survive you will succeed.

Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time.

In times of difficulty, those brave enough to stay the course will be victors in the end.

You know what's driving *me* crazy? You, not getting the ball in the hole.

Sometimes you feel foolish, even look foolish, but you do the thing anyway.

What you focus on is what you get.

Don't Talk About It, Be About It.

In the end, what gets people through a physical or emotional crisis is not new technology or medication. These things help, of course. But it's faith that gives you the strength to endure- faith that won't allow you to give up; faith that manifests itself in a ferocious determination to take the next step - the one that everyone says is impossible.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.