Quotes About Determination

Do away with fear

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

I know I've got to work twice as hard as everybody else because I've got twice the distance to run just to catch up.

Someone will employ us," I say. "I wouldn't fight so hard if I didn't believe that someone wasn't out there." I pause and then it hits me. "Me either." And I mean it.

We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up.

Old Demonology: '... And so forth. Not that success, for him, is sure, infallible But never has he been afraid to reach. His lesions are legion. But reaching is his rule.' - Gwendolyn Brooks

Beckett's famous existential cry at the end of The Unnamable, which he now quoted aloud, just as he had many times throughout his life: "'You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.

In the meanwhile, people with anxiety disorders deserve recognition for their courage and daily determination to live full lives despite their symptoms.

I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it. I'm going to do it because I have something important to say to the world. I refuse to let anything get in my way.

To find a self-made man, you need a very narrow field of view.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.

Don't complain; just work harder.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.

No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs. And right then, I had the feeling that I had more in me, that if I gave it my all, I might be able to offer people something special. "Wisdom" is a strong word, but maybe that was it.

If you want something badly enough, do not give up!

Through the whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized that there were things we could do that might help the outcome in a positive ways...and we did them. Without saying it in words, our attitude was, "Let's saddle up and ride.

Brick walls are not there to keep us out, they are there to show us how much we want something.