Quotes About Determination

There was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other; for now man should take me alive.

There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other, for no man should take me alive. I should fight for my liberty as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

some people say i would rather be pushin a ford than driving a chevy, em too i love a good workout

If you hear the dogs, keep going, if you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." Harriet Tubman

There are times when your body takes control. Times when the gazelle says, 'Fuck you, lioness,' and delivers the biggest kick of its whole gazelley life.

Harry Bingham

Hard work is what magic aspires to be," she answered, her hand resting on the pickup's open driver door. "Hard work is the strongest magic there is.

Hard work applied properly and intelligently, and thinking in an organized manner, must lead to success.

I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.

It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit.

You've already decided what you're going to do, and all that's left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it's your life. Basically, you gotta go with what you think is right.

The heart apparently doesn't stop that easily.

It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything more than that is luck.

Of course life frightens me sometimes. I don't happen to take that as the premise for everything else though. I'm going to give it hundred percent and go as far as I can. I'll take what I want and leave what I don't want. That's how I intend to live my life, and it things go bad, I'll stop and reconsider at that point. If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.

If there's something I can't do but want to, I won't relax until I'm able to do it.

You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.

In his own way, he's lived life with all the intensity he could muster.

I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day, out of the blue, I started to run-simply because I wanted to. I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.

At least he never walked.

Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.

I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is keep those few reasons nicely polished.

If I relaxed my body now, I'd fall apart. I've always lived like this, and it's the only way I know how to go on living. If I relaxed for a second, I'd never find my way back.

But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got.

I might think I can't take it any more, that I can't go on any more, but one way or another I get past that.