Quotes About Determination

CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH ONE WHO REFUSES TO COMPROMISE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES HE DOES NOT LIKE, IS AN ASSET THAT CAN NEVER BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF MONEY.

Accurate analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed the fact that lack of decision was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of failure. This is no mere statement of a theory— it is a fact. Procrastination

No" does not necessarily mean no. One

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

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. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

There is no other road to genius than through voluntary self-effort

Truly, my own son has taught me that handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis.

Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome by effort. The ease with which lack of persistence may be conquered will depend entirely upon the intensity of one's desire.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will not work. He knows all the things which cannot be done. This book was written for those who seek the rules which have made others successful, and are willing to stake everything on those rules.

At the beginning of the formation of a new habit, put force and enthusiasm into expressing what you want to become. Feel what you think.

really did not sell to him. He purchased of his own accord.

God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!

Success comes by inches, not by leaps or bounds. Success is the pushing forward each day by hard work.

the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

Keep your attention firmly concentrated on your new path-building and forget all about the old paths.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A quitter never wins—and a winner never quits. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.

A tough will counts. So does desire. So does a rich soft wanting. Without rich wanting nothing arrives.

Here I saw a city rise and say to the peoples round world: Listen, I am strong, I know what I want.

You must expect to be in several lost causes before you die.

I HAVE ransacked the encyclopedias And slid my fingers among topics and titles Looking for you. And the answer comes slow. There seems to be no answer. Old-fashioned Requited Love I shall ask the next banana peddler the who and the why of it. Or—the iceman with his iron tongs gripping a clear cube in summer sunlight—maybe he will know.

I say now, by God, only fighters today will save the world

He had no mother but Mother Jones Crying from a jail window of Trinidad: "All I want is room enough to stand And shake my fist at the enemies of the human race.