Quotes About Determination

If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't If you like to win, but you think you can't, It is almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost For out of the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will- It's all in the state of mind.

The favorable break came through Carnegie, but what about the determination, definiteness of purpose, and the desire to attain the goal, and the persistent effort of twenty-five years? It was no ordinary desire that survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant reminding of "waste of time." It was a burning desire! An obsession!

If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across, and never mind what they say if you meet with temporary defeat, for they, perhaps, do not know that EVERY FAILURE BRINGS WITH IT THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT SUCCESS.

Henry Ford foi um sucesso porque entendia e aplicava os princípios do sucesso. Um desses princípios é o desejo: saber claramente o que você quer. Lembre-se da história de Ford enquanto continua lendo este livro.

motivação é como um fogo: você deve continuar adicionando combustível, senão ele apaga".

Fourth: I have clearly written down a description of my definite chief aim in life, and I will never stop trying, until I shall have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.

Waiting for business conditions to pick up. This is nothing but an excuse.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will— It's all in the state of mind.

There is no charge save the time necessary to understand and appropriate them. Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it. The leaders in every walk of life decide quickly, and firmly. That is the major reason why they are leaders. The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.

There never has been and never will be a great leader, builder, or artist lacking in this driving force of sex.

created an opportunity and backed it with persistence until it made him richer than Croesus.

If you think you are outclassed, you are, You've got to think high to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize.

Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the decision to affix their signatures to that document.

How to master procrastination… and take definitive action

nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith.

where there's a will, there's a way.

state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE.

REFUSING TO COMPROMISE WITH LIFE BY ACCEPTING AND KEEPING A JOB HE DID NOT WANT, and

Success comes to those who become SUCCESS

Possession of power that was not acquired through self-effort.

when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance." Barnes was ready for a business association with Edison, moreover, he was determined to remain ready until he got that which he was seeking.

Make the urge to continue stronger than the desire to quit.