Quotes About Determination

What see you in the horizon's bruised smear That cannot be blotted out By your raised hand?

A man pushed from behind by many hands will go in but one direction, no matter what he wills.

She held herself straight, moving slowly, making her way towards the head of the column. And of all the journeys she had undertaken, since the very beginning, this one – from the back of the column to its head – was the longest one she had ever travelled. And, as ever, she travelled it alone.

Serious people never stopped waging their war on joy and pleasure, and they were both relentless and tireless.

When the time for action comes, all doubts must be discarded.

To draw a weapon is to announce an end to uncertainty.

Kill, thought Ditch, nodding, kill, yes, I understand. I do. Kill, for her. Kill. And he found that the word itself, yes, the word itself, knew how to smile.

If you want us leading you, well, one thing us humans don't understand, and that's giving up. We fight when the fight's been thumped out of us. We rebel when all we got left that's not in chains is inside our skulls. We defy when the only defiance we got left is up and dying.

You'll not have me, Lord, because you can't.

She drew a long, deep breath, then surged forward, sword's point extended.

Around Karsa Orlong, I suspect, only Karsa Orlong has his way.

She pushed herself upright, stumbling as pain closed iron bands around her ankles.

The harder the world the fiercer the honor

The eye looks past the target, to where the weapon is intended to reach. When it fails, shock thunders through the body. Every muscle, every bone. I can't even remember the last time it so utterly failed.

Onos T'oolan faced southeast. And then set out. He had a people to kill.

Confidence was a seed that could grow in any soil, no matter how impoverished. She had seen as much again and again.

Taking up the sword is the last act of desperate men. Mark my words and find yourself a more worthy dream.

Fighting is for people who fail at everything else.

Cutter rubbed at his face. He needed a shave. And a bath. And clean, new clothes. And a purpose in life.

I am a sword about to leave its scabbard. I am iron, and in the day's light I shall blind you all.

Kallor never failed such moments. Let the curse flail him, strike him down; let defeat batter him again and again. He would just get back up, shake the dust off, and begin once more. He knew the world was damned.

and is she sorry? By Apsalar she is not!

He wiped sweat from his brow, drew a shaky breath.

Perspective,' he'd say. 'You see? The world changes according to where you stand. So choose, my children, choose and choose again, where you will make your stand …' Where