Quotes About Determination

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed. Not all who fail have therefore worked in vain. There is no failure for the good and brave.

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Because a fellow has failed once or twice, or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure until he's dead or loses his courage - and that's the same thing.

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, it's nothing against you to fall down flat, but to lie there - that's disgrace.

He alone fails who gives up and lies down.

Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.

Failure is not in losing, but in no longer believing that winning is worthwhile.

Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.

Men must try and try again.

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

A mistake is not a failure, but evidence that someone tried to do something.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Your success depends on your ability to dream and follow through on those dreams.

The only failure which lacks dignity is the failure to try.

If you're not failing, you're not trying anything.

Those who try and fail are much wiser than those who never try for fear of failure.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

Failure is that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.

Lack of will power has caused more failures than lack of intelligence or ability.