Quotes About Determination

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.

Your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

If you don't concentrate, you'll end up on your rear.

The first law of success ... is concentration: to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not these fifty things I dabble in.

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment, but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all morality.

It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

One of man's finest qualities is described by the simple word "guts"-the ability to take it. If you have the discipline to stand fast when your body wants to run, if you can control your temper and remain cheerful in the face of monotony or disappointment, you have "guts" in the soldiering sense.

One man with courage makes a majority.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, on the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The weapon of the brave is in his heart.

No great thing conies to any man unless he has courage.

There are a lot of fellas with all the ability it takes to play in the major leagues, but... they always get stuck in the minor leagues because they haven't got the guts to make the climb.

The world is not perishing for the want of clever or talented or well-meaning men. It is perishing for the want of men of courage and resolution.

You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hardworking. ... Do not fear to pioneer, to venture down new paths of endeavor.

When you're my size in the pros, fear is a sign that you're not stupid.