Quotes About Determination

Our Father in Heaven does not wish us to cower. He does not want us to wallow in our misery. He expects us to square our shoulders, roll up our sleeves, and overcome our challenges.

Do what you don't want to do to get what you want to get.

It's so funny, all the similarities that we have [with David Copperfield] of being obsessed young people and finding a way to be around the people doing what we want to do.

I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on the acting path.

Next time you want to quit, think who you want to be. Quitters never win.

Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay.

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.

I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you want to play, and you know the filmmakers you want to tell them with.

My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act.

I still have my quickness, but I turn it on and off. I don't want to fail in anything I do and that's why I'm hard on myself.

You can only dance for so long, but you can act until you're dead, so... I fell in love with it and I want to keep doing it and pushing myself.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.

I'm in a great situation because I know what kind of player I want to be, I know where I'm going to be, and I know what I have to do to get there and I'm around the right guys.

People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

I said, 'George, if you really want to end tyranny in this world, you're going to have to stay up later.' Nine o'clock and Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

I guess I don't know what I want." "I do. I want you." "I know, but—" "Nothing will ever change that. No matter what you hear. No matter what happens.

I'm really going to do my homework. I'm going to be down there on the practice tee finding out if a guy's wife beat him up the night before, important stuff like that. Stuff that people want to know.

Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to.

I like someone who can take the reins, who knows what they want and is strong with me.

People would ask me, "what do you want to be when you're older?" and I'd be like, "a singer," and they'd be like, "what do you really want to be?" and I'd be like, "oh, I really want to be a singer."

As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'

I run after her, not really giving chase. I'm running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.