Quotes About Determination

Seth, I'm about to lose it. Enough about going after the artifact. It's crazy. Can't you tell when an idea is doomed? Are you programmed to self-destruct?

Choices determine character.

When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.

What'll you do if you can't find a way to cure him?" Seth asked. Dale paused. "I'll never know that day has come, because I'll never stop trying.

A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.

Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the war forge the one that remained? No, Amaran. All the war did was identify the spear that would not break .

Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense.

Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.

You can't be so frightened of what might happen that you are unwilling to act.

What is belief—what is faith—if you don't continue it after failure?

No one ever accomplished anything by being content with who they were, Shallan," Adolin said. "We accomplish great things by reaching toward who we could become." "As long as it's what you want to become. Not what someone else thinks you should become.

As long as you keep trying, there's a chance. When you give up? That's when the dream dies.

Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.

Life was about momentum . Pick a direction and don't let anything—man or storm— turn you aside.

Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn't the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.

It's all right Wayne," Waxillium said softly. "I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that." "Then I will remain and help," Marasi said. "That is that." "And I could really use some food," Wayne added. "Fat is fat.

Great , Elend thought. I've filled my inner council with a bunch of thrill-seeking masochists. Even worse, I've decided to join them.

Plan?" Marasi asked. "Not dyin'." "Anything more detailed than that?" "Not dyin' Ã¢â'¬Â¦ today?

Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.

Who do you think is stronger?" Adolin asked. "The man who has walked easily his entire life, or the man with no legs? The man who must pull himself by his arms?

People with passion are people who will destroy—for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it. Will he kill? Will he go to war? Will he break and discard that which he has, all in the name of what he needs ?

Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.

Passionate, with an intense, smoldering resolve. A leashed anger that he used, because he had dominated it. And a certain tempting arrogance. Not the haughty pride of a highlord. Instead, the secure, stable sense of determination that whispered that no matter who you were—or what you did—you could not hurt him. Could not change him. He was. Like the wind and rocks were.