Quotes About Determination

Faith isn't knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions.

You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)

In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music for her on his violin, writing her poems, beguiling her with stories, engaging her in conversation. It was clear that he obsessed over her. He knew what he wanted and never relented until she was his.

She (Rachel) pulled away and looked into his eyes. Don't give up. There goes my plan. I'm serious. Even if things look bad, find a way to win. Find it. You too, Jason urged. Within reason. Don't try some huge Edomic command and blow yourself to pieces. There goes my plan. You stole my line.

When your only option is to jump, you jump and try to make it work.

And you came back to Lyrian? Galloran said in disbelief. Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose. I wanted to keep others from wasting their time pursuing the Word. And I couldn't ditch Rachel. Galloran smiled. Truly, you are possessed by that species of madness that begets heroism.

I don't know how you're standing here. Yet you haven't broken. Not where it matters. Having come this far, I'm not sure you can be broken.

Mira admitted. "This is my risk to take. Not yours. I can live with getting myself killed." "Technically, you can't live if you get killed," Jace pointed out.

I want you to appreciate what you're up against. You will have to succeed where multitudes have failed. You'll have to accomplish something that the mightiest wizard in the history of Lyrian didn't dare to attempt.

Faith isn't knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions.

She'd decided she'd try to stick it out until halftime when she saw a face that made her scream and jump off the sofa.

Hanover House?" "That, or it's possible someone just thinks it's funny. But if I find out who that someone is, I'm going to make them awfully sorry." He stepped back and told his dog to go inside with her. "Makita will stay with you until I check things out." She nodded and closed the door so that Makita wouldn't be tempted to follow

she'd been determined to overcome the immunology challenges associated with finding a cure for diabetes—her favorite aunt had lost a leg to the dreaded disease—

think I'm crazy about

of taking what life gave her, she should take what she wanted from life.

Sometimes we see the jagged rocks in our path, but we still can't avoid them.

You're like…you're like Abraham Lincoln. Didn't he walk some ungodly distance to return a penny? The store clerk probably thought he was an idiot.

spotting and stopping them? After having been kidnapped, tortured and left for dead when she was just a teenager—by her high school boyfriend—she's determined to understand how someone she trusted

they cause? And are there better ways of spotting and stopping them? After having been

Lo que le había permitido superar aquellos horribles años había sido su carácter luchador.

Algunas veces, lo único que tenemos es la determinación.

We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.

In spite of everything, he still felt wonderful, like I was embracing a mountain. But I now knew that as solid as he seemed, he was no mountain.

Gaze into the fist of Dredd!