Quotes About Determination

The ability to say 'woe is me' shows an abundance of inactivity." If I have time to think about how crappy things are, then I simply am not in action. I am not doing enough.

a definite chief aim and the principle of concentration

The urge to continue was stronger than the desire to quit." Remember that time when you wanted to quit, but something drove you to keep going? It may have been your "other self.

Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.

Those who believe that they can achieve the object of their definite chief aim do not recognize the word impossible.

Cada pessoa que vence em qualquer empreitada deve estar disposta a queimar seus navios e fechar todas as vias de recuo. Esse é o único jeito pelo qual se pode ter certeza de manter o estado mental conhecido como desejo ardente de vencer. Ele é essencial para o sucesso.

They know they are going to succeed, and if one plan fails they quickly replace it with another plan.

Generally, the youth just out of school seeks any job that can be found. He takes the first place he finds, because he has fallen into the habit of indecision. Ninety-eight out of every hundred people working for wages today, are in the positions they hold, because they lacked the definiteness

I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store.

Barnes literally thought  himself into a partnership with the great Edison! He thought himself into a fortune. He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to KNOW WHAT HE WANTED, AND THE DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE REALIZED IT. He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win. With these intangible forces he made himself number one man with the greatest inventor who ever lived.

Concentration develops the power of persistence and enables you to master all forms of temporary defeat.

?ovjek koji odustaje, nikada ne ostvaruje pobjedu — jer pobjednik nikada ne odustaje.

the real difference between temporary defeat and permanent failure

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A

Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.

Persistence is merely concentrated effort well-mixed with determination and faith in yourself.

No man is ever whipped, until he quits— in his own mind.

Success come to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success.

cuando uno está verdaderamente preparado para algo, hace que se manifieste".

9. Lack of persistence. Most of us are good "starters" but poor "finishers" of everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat. There is no substitute for persistence. The person who makes persistence his watch-word, discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with persistence.

He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, but, he said, that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

Success doesn't happen overnight. It takes soul-searching, hard work, and many years to achieve it.

It is a well-known fact that Henry Ford began his business career under the handicap of poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance. It is an equally well-known fact that, within the inconceivably short period of ten years, Mr. Ford mastered these three handicaps, and that within twenty-five years he made himself one of the richest men in America.