Quotes About Determination

Sweat never drowned no one.

Kickin' a man when he's down sometimes is the only way to make him get up.

Don't point a gun at nobody you ain't willin' to shoot, if necessary.

A go-getter is a cowboy who forgot to hobble his horse.

You're bound to succeed if you have ignorance and confidence.

The man who can't make a choice makes a choice.

(On his marathon live shows) You think you can get away, but you can't. I'll follow you home and I'll shout jokes through your letterbox.

As for the Wings, I wanted to tighten some already painfully tight screws, to force on them the kind of cruel question no one should have to answer: am I willing to go through what surely I must, for something I will surely never get?

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

there's an old slang term in baseball: a dirt dog. Dirt dogs are scrappy. Dirt dogs have been around the block. they are hard working, and a bit rough around the edges. they never give up.

Your butt may like to sit, but your butt is not the boss of you! Say no to your butt.

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place—then it won't make a damn.

In the end what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses... a slave obeys.

Whatever you do in your life, always go the distance.

Perhaps the most important attitude for cultivating good fortune is a strong sense of perseverance. Many of the people in this book faced considerable constraints in finding the Element and managed to do it through sheer, dogged determination. None more so than Brad Zdanivsky.

A strong will to be yourself is an indomitable force.

He lost his sight and found a vision. He proved dramatically that it's not what happens to us that determines out lives—it's what we make of what happens.

Whether you're disabled or not, issues of attitude are of paramount importance in finding your Element. A strong will to be yourself is an indomitable force. Without it, even a person in perfect physical shape is at a comparative disadvantage. In my experience, most people have to face internal obstacles of self-doubt and fear as much as any external obstacles of circumstance and opportunity.

The decision to play it safe, to take the path of least resistance, can seem irresistible, particularly if you have your own doubts and fears about the alternatives.

African proverb, "Life is like eating an elephant; you need to do it one mouthful at a time.

A person determined never to be wrong won't likely accomplish much.

There's no such thing in this world as absolute certainty. So accept that and go forward acting toward the best outcome no matter what.

If decisions were a choice between alternatives, decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives.

It works by getting convinced in your heart first. It won't work just by saying, "Well, I'm going to try that.