Quotes About Determination

Eventually, if it's on your mind, you stumble on it. You need a certain amount of luck and persistence.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

Si lo que desea hacer es correcto, y si cree en eso, ¡adelante, hágalo! Lleve a cabo su sueño, y no haga caso de lo que digan los "demás" si sufre una derrota temporal, ya que tal vez los "demás" no saben que cada fracaso lleva consigo la semilla de un éxito equivalente.

There is no better test of character than a man's treatment of difficulties. The coward shuns them; the lazy man tries to go around them; the idler dawdles in front of them, waiting like Micawber for something to turn up or some miracle to remove them; the baby-man waits for some friend to lift him over them ; but the manly man surmounts them.

power must be applied before it is effective.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaning that state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.

It was no ordinary DESIRE that survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant reminding of waste of time. It was a BURNING DESIRE! AN OBSESSION!

the stronger you become and the easier it will be for you to do so the next time.

Barnes succeeded because he chose a definite goal, placed all his energy, all his will power, all his effort, everything, back of that goal.

El estado mental debe ser la convicción, y no la mera esperanza o anhelo.

Las batallas de la vida no siempre favorecen al hombre más fuerte o más rápido, Pero tarde o temprano, el hombre que gana ¡Es el hombre que piensa que puede hacerlo!

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average person's familiarity with the word 'impossible'. He knows all the rules that will not work. He knows all the things that cannot be done. This book was written for those who seek the rules that have made others successful, and are willing to stake everything on those rules.

I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say 'no' when I ask them to buy insurance." Darby

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word impossible.

Select your goal and make good, deep, wide mental paths leading straight to it.

When he went to Orange, he did not say to himself, "I will try to induce Edison to give me a job of some sort." He said, "I will see Edison, and put him on notice that I have come to go into business with him.

He did not say, "I will keep my eyes open for another opportunity, in case I fail to get what I want in the Edison organization." He said, "There is but one thing in this world that I am determined to have, and that is a business association with Thomas A. Edison.

I will burn all bridges behind me, and stake my entire future on my ability to get what I want.

The five fundamental steps that must be taken by all who succeed are: Choice of a definite goal to be attained Development of sufficient power to attain your goal Perfection of a practical plan for attaining your goal Accumulation of specialized knowledge necessary for the attainment of your goal Persistence in carrying out the plan

It may interest you to know that Marconi's "friends" had him taken into custody, and examined in a psychopathic hospital, when he announced he had discovered a principle through which he could send messages through the air, without the aid of wires, or other direct physical means of communication. The dreamers of today fare better.

Whatever we want in our outward life in material expression, we must first build into our mental life, into our Ideals, Purposes and Will.

For you to have success, you – the person that's reading this right now – for you to have success, you have to be insane.