Quotes About Determination

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don't become paralyzed, and they do indeed sometimes

He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts

The first two times you heard me speak, I sounded like a fool. I made about as much sense as a top hat on a mule. I wasn't sure a third attempt would do me any better, So I decided that I'd put my thoughts down in a letter.

Let her work for it.

Mourn your losses later, after the fight's over, Sergeant Melton used to say. When you're in the fight, fight.

My questioner is not the least bit deterred by the insults I've hurled. He is undoubtedly encouraged by the fact that his questions have now firmly found their place under my skin. He is looking at his notes again, at his flowchart of questions and follow-ups, while I try to calm myself.

You've got to be tough as nails with your tender heart

I'm supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty," I told her. Without a moment's hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: "It depends on if you're drinking or pouring.

Decide that you want it more than you're afraid of it

David Foster Wallace. (I'm preparing for his mammoth novel Infinite Jest by

In other words, "getting to zero

If a goal is really important to me, I discipline myself in order to achieve it.

accomplishing a vision requires a lot more than pep talks, slogans, emotional stories, and heart-tugging video clips.

only to reminisce about his high school career, which included a failed stint at quarterback. Finally, Parcells said, "We're going to come

The fact that I will daily question my willingness to change will increase my ability to be increasingly willing.

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

So MJ, Kobe, Iverson,62 T-Mac and Wade made the leap from twenty-three to twenty-four, but Thompson took a step backward. Why? Two words: nose candy.

and two doctors (Dunkenstein and J).

We can win. We can lose. We can fall down. We can get up and do it over again, better. We can go for it as if we have nothing to lose, knowing we have everything to lose. ... We can tear up a dance floor and put it all back together again. We can talk loud in public. We can be fierce. We can be small. We can be mighty. We can be too much. We can be just enough, just in time. We can. We have to.

CALVIN: As usual goodness hardly puts up a fight.

Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference.

My book is called, Shut Up And Stop Whining: How To Do Something With Your Life Besides Think About Yourself.

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