Quotes About Determination

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one ... the more active and swift the latter is, the further he will go astray.

What must be, shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.

We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.

Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

They were never defeated, they were only killed.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

You can't have genius without patience.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

When in doubt, win the trick.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

Faith hasn't got no eyes, but she's long-legged.

It's the moment you think you can't that you realize you can.

From a shy, timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned, and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.

Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit. Put some in!

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin. I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.