Quotes About Determination

Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.

There are people who want to live and then the people who want to hold them down. I've tried to not be one of the latter my entire life.

Oh, I know I can sing. What I really want to be is an actress.

Failure is an event, something that happens at a specific time on a certain day. If you want to be successful, you have to embrace failure and get back up every single time.

I know certain roles are important to me. I know that I really want to play them. I know I can do a good job. But I can never put into words why.

You can't let the fear of what people might say or think stop you from doing what you want to do or else we would never do anything.

I am driving an unfamiliar vehicle down a narrow road I've never seen before. Do you really want to be pissing me off right now?

I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.

Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

A cult hero? I don't think of myself as any kind of hero. I don't want to say it's a fairy tale, but two years ago if you would've told me I'd be in this position, I wouldn't believe it hardly.

If I get a new idea today—or any day—I won't run from it. I won't trash it. If it's something I really want to do—I'll do it.

I am persistent about everything I believe in. If there's a film I want to do, a record, a Broadway show - I do it. Everybody can hate it but I will still do it. I am fearless that way.

Oliver's heart tried to pound its way out of his ribcage, but he ignored it. "I'm in love with Petunia," he announced. "And I want to help her.

I have no expectations. I just want to better myself.

You've got to destroy a few lives on the way to where you want to get.

If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I'm on course, and I'm doing what God wants me to do. I'm real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied.

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.