Quotes About Determination

You see," she said, "with the axe, it's easier to get ahead. . . .

She'd built her life around not having to wait for anyone or anything.

Sometimes, it seemed who could do the impossible simply because she didn't stop to think about how impossible it really was.

You will not distract me from my current purpose, adversary. Though you have fought admirably, I will defeat you, then compose poetry for your funeral." "This…um…isn't to the death, Hesho." "I will defeat you," he said in the same exact tone, "and compose poetry for your retirement party.

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.

Can you beat them on your own? Marasi half whispered, half mouthed at Wayne. He grinned and mouthed back, Does a guy wif no hands got itchy balls?

Dalinar tried to stand, straight-backed and at atention, beneath the weight of it all. Unfortunately, he knew too well that if you locked your knees and stood too straight, you risked fainting. Why was it that trying to stand tall should make you so much more likely to fall?

I think you underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man or woman's mind.

No corras si solo tienes fuerzas para andar, y no pierdas el tiempo empujando puertas que no cederán

I told Kaladin, 'I'm gonna fly those Reshi guys up high.' And Kaladin said, 'I don't think that's a good—' but I didn't let him finish, because he was going to grumble

If stone met a man, stone might win--but if stone met humanity, then no force could preserve it.

A warrior fights. She does not yield, and she does not abandon her people.

Oh," Obliteration continued, "I think that you'll find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough.

I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.

Ten people, with Shardblades alight, standing before a wall of black and white and red.

Kelsier's men fought with passion—despite their other, numerous hindrances, they still had this one advantage. This is what happens when you finally convince them to fight. This is what hides within them all.

That doesn't matter," she said. "You came back. No one's ever come back before.

When the situation seems hopeless you need Lift: "Relax, grandpa. Steal the rock. I can do that.

warrior is nothing if she has nothing to fight for.

Don't dream the small dreams of other men.

Maybe you saw me there when you glanced at the rest of the room, to see what people look like when they actually have to work to get things." He drew his lips to a line. It seemed I'd touched a nerve. Excellent. First blood.

He's got the emptiness, bad as I do. I can see it in him. We all can. But he gets up anyway. We're trapped in here, and we all want to do something to help. We can't, but somehow he can.

Where's your sense of adventure?" "I dragged it out back and clubbed it senseless for getting me into the army.

We were supposed to be Defiant.