Quotes About Determination

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself then he has naught Not to say the things that he truly feels And not the words of someone who kneels Let the record show I took all the blows and did it my way.

I spend a lot of time talking about something I believe passionately, which is that life is what you choose to make it, for the most part, and more often than not all you need to do is seize it by the throat and demand more from it.

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.

Progress is not created by contented people.

It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it.

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There are only two things to remember. Number one...Don't Stop, and number two...Keep Going!

We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense...With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God." -President F.D. Roosevelt - 8th December 1941

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

The very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keeness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment -- let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

It isn't sufficient just to want-you've got to ask yourself what you're going to do to get the things you want.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory…With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph---so help us God.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.

We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Let not defeatists tell us that it is too late. It will never be earlier. Tomorrow will be later than today.