Quotes About Determination

I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.

People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.

But it is never over; nothing ends until we want it to. Look, in shattered midnights, On black ice under silver trees, We are still dancing, dancing.

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.

Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. But you might want to kick your own a## if you're not trying to get better.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

I would say that all successful people are "fighters." They're passionate and determined. They see not only what they want out of life, but what they were built for, and fight for it.

I've made compromises to survive in life, and to be able to do what I want to do. But, once anything has been put on screen, I've never made a compromise.

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.

Never give up if you really want something, keep plugging away at it and your dreams can come true.

The biggest lie in choosing is, "I can't." That is simply not true. We can do anything we want If we don't do something, it is because we have committed our time, energy and resources somewhere else.

Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.

I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York.

I've certainly said I don't want to do any more bad guys, then I sit and don't do anything for a while and then think, "Okay, one more."

[Donald] Trump doesn't give up and let [the Democrats] have what they want. But people around Trump and some others in the world of politics do.

Don't listen to anybody who's trying to bring you down. There's so much negativity in the world. If you really want something, then you go for it.

I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.

In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.

You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

Honestly, I don't always want to get up in the mornings, but I do anyway.

You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.