Quotes About Determination

Having people feel sorry for you wasn't the way to get along in this world.

There was inside her a core of fury and independence and self-preservation, the genetic heritage of survival.

You know, bicycling isn't just a matter of balance," I said. "it's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. I'm going to call that the Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life.

Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life..."It's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground.

When a woman is convinced that she can stop the violence in her marriage, her stubborn determination feeds her sense of failure each time she sees that she can't regulate her husband's demands and abuses. In a perverse type of review, she may then ask herself how she could have been so stupid as to overlook the early warnings. This further diminishes her self-esteem.

She was the living, breathing proof that the hard things in life didn't have to defeat you - or even define you.

If you're drowning for real, and nobody believes you, then you sure as hell better figure out how to swim.

Sometimes if you want something badly enough, you make it happen through sheer force of will.

And who would be willing to travel through hundreds of miles of wilderness, risking capture, carrying a letter telling the French to retreat? A young Virginian volunteered. George Washington, only twenty-one years old... found a wilderness guide and a translator to accompany him and set off...

Never ask, never get," the dog replied. "Never try, never taste. Never taste, never enjoy.

We're not born to be ruthless, we women. But that's what it takes to hit the hands on the gunwale with an oar until they let go.

Knowing the price and choosing to pay it and keep on paying it, over and over again—that's what makes him invincible.

Susan Wojciechowski

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

We're detectives . . . We can do anything we want.

Quando non si ha scelta almeno si abbia coraggio

Sometimes you feel like crying before you feel like trying.

You automatically lose when you give up.

Oh, man. Yeah, Wes was going to kill him. But before he did, Bobby would ask them to put four words on his tombstone : It Was Worth It.

She'd also prepared by wearing her hair combed back severely from her face, and putting on her stiffest, highestcollared business suit. She all but carried a riding crop.

You know, it's not about not being afraid—it's about taking action despite the fear," he pointed out. "That's called courage.

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If you want," he told her, "the dog'll go." "I want." "The dog really scares you that much?" She held out her hand, tried to hold it steady but couldn't. "No, I always shake like this.

You know, every time someone says that they'll try, I think of that scene in The Empire Strikes Back with Luke Skywalker and Yoda. You know, the one where Yoda says, 'Try not. Do or do not.