Quotes About Determination

He did not go to a school for the deaf. We would not permit him to learn the sign language. We were determined that he should live a normal life, and associate with normal children, and we stood by that decision, although it cost us many heated debates with school officials.

I BELIEVE THAT CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH ONE WHO REFUSES TO COMPROMISE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES HE DOES NOT LIKE, IS AN ASSET THAT CAN NEVER BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF MONEY.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every

Know what you want, when you want it, why you want it and HOW you intend to get it.

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.

A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in light of the information available until that point

How much you truly "believe" in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it.

A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.

If you can't put your soul into something, give it up and leave that stuff to someone else.

that very rare ability called imagination, that rarer quality called courage, and who make things happen.

that he felt proud of his sticking to his strategy for so long

It took five years for Yevgenia to graduate from the "egomaniac without anything to justify it, stubborn and difficult to deal with" category to "persevering, resolute, painstaking, and fiercely independent

The same applies to the conventional values of persistence, doggedness and perseverance: necessary, very necessary. One needs to go out and buy a lottery ticket in order to win. Does it mean that the work involved in the trip to the store caused the winning? Of course skills count, but they do count less in highly random environments than they do in dentistry.

some of those who traded options (I called them option buyers) had remarkable staying power and I wanted to be one of those.

For those readers who wonder about the difference between Buddhism and Stoicism, I have a simple answer. A Stoic is a Buddhist with attitude, one who says "f*** you" to fate.

someone who cannot be squeezed into doing something he would otherwise never do.

That all millionaires were persistent, hardworking people does not make persistent hard workers become millionaires:

just to show that you can walk the walk.

Most people give up before the rewards.

I know very few people who, when they say they want to do something, end up doing it.

which should not discourage anyone from trying.

when you have a very limited loss you need to get as aggressive, as speculative, and sometimes as "unreasonable" as you can be.

Avoid calling heroes those who had no other choice.

he had so little to lose. She accepted since she had no choice.