Quotes About Determination

Oh, dear, dear! I had to walk straight forward—past the last elm tree and into that merciless sunlight. Oh! It beat down on me, scorching me! Whips! . . . Oh, Jesus! . . . Over my face and my body! . . . I tried to walk on fast but was dizzy and they kept closer behind me—! I stumbled, I

They may be years ahead of the human race but we've got one thing they haven't -- bloodymindedness! It built this planet. (UFO: Time Lash)

He had been willing to hold on to hope even when it looked like all hope was lost. She owed him no less.

Older sisters are far more powerful than vampires. Not even garlic or a crucifix will keep us away when we're determined to meddle in your affairs.

I thought we'd already determined that you haven't the right to order me about. That can only be purchased with a special license from the archbishop. He shook his head before saying softly, I'm afraid I can no longer afford to purchase such a license. Not when it could cost the both of us so dearly.

This is what it means to believe in ascension and fear climbing.

Maybe God was about to show him what he was made of.

This search is all about faith. Faith that what's clearly impossible might somehow turn out not to be. Faith that we can do what we never would have thought we could. Faith to keep going when everything tells us we should turn back.

if you wanted something done, it was never a good idea to rely on others. Others were never as committed to achieving your goals as you were.

Commitment is a journey that works best when each step taken is carefully measured.

Eppure, si nascondeva nella sua mente confusa la convinzione di poter superare tutti quegli ostacoli apparentemente insormontabili.

His world was a confusing and treacherously shifting ground, and he did not see that he had any better way to deal with it than simply to keep marching on. It

Believe for long enough and it will come to pass. Believe it might be so, and it will be so.

but sometimes when you took a chance it was better to hold nothing back and to go all-in. He

There were times, she knew from experience, when it was best just to continue on rather than to shift directions, even when it didn't seem as if you were getting anywhere. Your chances of success weren't always something you could measure accurately. Perseverance in the face of failure counted for something.

We shouldn't have to accept it, either. Mostly, we don't. We understand the odds are against us, but we still strive for something more. We make our best effort each time

But the pain and his memories of what had brought him to this state helped speed his efforts, and mustering what strength of body and will he could, he dragged himself back into consciousness.

Survive! The word ratcheted through him, an echo that would not be stilled. Endure!

But the ragpicker had learned long ago that if you wanted something done, it was never a good idea to rely on others. Others were never as committed to achieving your goals as you were.

We shouldn't have to accept it, either. Mostly, we don't. We understand the odds are against us, but we still strive for something more. We make our best effort each time out because now and then we get exactly what we want.

There are always obstacles to the things we want most, Drisker Arc, but we don't need to dwell on them. We need to make them disappear!

given the power to choose our fate. Fate always decides for us in the end, though we can choose the direction and make the journey. We do as much for ourselves as we can. Sometimes it is enough; sometimes it isn't. But we must try; it is in the nature of our character to always try." I stare at him, thinking through what he says.

Strength beyond the physical. Strength of will, determination, and intent—you have to use all three to bring things that can't be otherwise

We never know what we can be or do until the need is there and we are tested by it. I thought as you did. I was afraid, and I fled with my fear to where I thought I would be safe. But necessity will always find us, and our sense of right and wrong will always find a way to make what is seemingly impossible the reality of our lives