Quotes About Determination

Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has only increased. The reason of this is, that we do not gain all our experience at once, but by degrees; so our determinations continue to be assailed incessantly by fresh experience; and the mind, if we may use the expression, must always be under arms.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

If a thing is worth doing it's worth doing badly.

A man is defeated only when he no longer tries, and abandons himself.

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.

Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late.

You're one of those people who fall off a tree and never quite reach the ground.

Nobody succeeds without failing first.

Ahhoz, hogy bármit elérj az életben, elÅ'ször becsvágy kell, aztán tehetség, aztán ismeret, és végül egy jó alkalom.

A tehetség olyan, mint sportolónál az erÅ'. Sokféle adottsága lehet az embernek, mégsem lesz senkibÅ'l világbajnok pusztán azért, mert magasnak, erÅ'snek, gyorsnak született. A munka teszi a sportolót, a m?vészt pedig a munka, a technika, a szorgalom. Bármilyen okosnak születik is valaki, az csak útravaló. Akkor tudod felhasználni, ha elÅ'bb jó fegyvert kovácsolsz a gondolataidból.

Había querido creer que saldríamos adelante con soplos de miseria y de esperanza.

Estimating that his merits would never earn him a penny or the position he coveted and felt entitled to, he decided to carve out a career for himself, cultivating a click of like-minded chums with home to exchange privileges, excluding those he envied.

Some disappointments honor those who inspire them.

burro y con la zanahoria en ristre.

Life isn't like a novel, you know. In life you have to take sides. And it's clear which side you've chosen.

Man muss einen sehr starken Glauben haben, um Dicher zu sein.

Mala no -objetó Fermín-. Imbécil, que no es lo mismo: El mal presupone una determinación moral, intención y cierto pensamiento. El imbécil o cafre no se para a pensar ni a razonar. Actúa por instinto, como bestia de establo, convencido de que hace el bien, de que siempre tiene la razón y orgulloso de ir jodiendo, con perdón, a todo aquel que se le antoja diferente a él mismo

Nadie triunfa sin fracasar antes

But nobody was going to snatch his son from him again. This time God Almighty could descend from the heavens, the same God who had ignored the hatter's prayers all his life, and he would gladly pull out His eyes if He dared push Julián away again.

In life, nothing worthwhile is easy

Nulla che valga la pena in questa vita è facile.