Quotes About Determination

woman must have a heart made of something tougher, or she dies when a first blow comes.

Yes, I need the money. I mean no, I don't. It can't be reduced to money. I can't explain why I do it. It's a kind of impulse.

But once you start giving ground, it's hell to get it back.

A man has to accept responsibility for his life, no matter how hard it gets. That's what sets him apart from animals.

Could you sharpen it to a sword-point, let it carve the ground behind you as you run?

If you can't turn cold into hot, you're fucked. Go ahead and apply that to all areas of life.

Come on Josie." He leaned closer and whispered in my ear, "I really want you there." "Yeah?" I asked, slamming my locker shut. "And do you always get what you want?" "Yes," he said.

The moment the door opened I knew an ass-kicking was inevitable. Whether I'd be giving it or receiving it was still a bit of a mystery.

Life's not that simple. Not so easy to move on when the anger you've got is what keeps you going.

One way or another he was going out in two weeks, and God help me, I wanted to protect him. More than that, I wanted to save him.

That a dream is not reason to evacuate.

For together with those who themselves being normal, had long put intellects above bodies, were writers, painters, musicians and scholars, men and women who, set apart from their birth, had determined to hack out a niche in existence.

His dreams were getting more frightful—rising black swirls of water, cars floating by like river bugs—but he didn't know much about how to build a boat. The steam box was a start, even if he couldn't tell Annie, even though the line between faith and becoming unhinged seemed perilously narrow.

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With every single fiber of her soul, she wanted to be With every single fiber of her soul, she wanted to be

String Fever was hanging by a thread anyway in the uncertain economy.

stubborn since he came into the world. He won't stop until he gets to the bottom of the burglaries and puts the offenders behind bars, no matter

Anytime someone is afraid but plows forward anyway, that's the very definition of courage." "It's hard to tell myself that in the midst of crippling self-doubt." "That's when you should believe it most of all.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you've got.

I'm going to have to be content with doing

Someone ought to glue his shoes to the floor to keep him where he

The best things in life don't come from taking the easy path, do they?

Never underestimate some one who is below your balls, because they can kick your balls and throw them out of your throat.

Successful people will always have more failure stories than success to tell.