Quotes About Determination

It was a hard struggle, but what I have in life I have earned with my own hands. I have done well, and I have an honest man's honest pride. I want no lands and honors which I have not won by my own good sense and industry.

Genius is not enough; we need to get the job done.

Character, the sportswriters said. They know it when they see it—it's the ability to dig down and find the strength even when things are going against you.

Yes, he was depressed, but he was coping the way people in the growth mindset tend to cope—with determination.

What eventually set him apart was his mindset and drive. He never stopped being the curious, tinkering boy looking for new challenges.

important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies.

Mia, what is the most important thing for a soccer player to have?" With no hesitation, she answered, "Mental toughness.

All of these people had character. None of them thought they were special people, born with the right to win. They were people who worked hard, who learned how to keep their focus under pressure, and who stretched beyond their ordinary abilities when they had to.

when they see it—it's the ability to dig down and find the strength even

They were self-effacing people who constantly asked questions and had the ability to confront the most brutal answers—that is, to look failures in the face, even their own, while maintaining faith that they would succeed in the end.

in the fixed mindset, you don't take control of your abilities and your motivation. You look for your talent to carry you through, and when it doesn't, well then, what else could you have done? You are not a work in progress, you're a finished product. And finished products have to protect themselves, lament, and blame. Everything but take charge.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

The more depressed people with the growth mindset felt, the more they took action to confront their problems, the more they made sure to keep up with their schoolwork, and the more they kept up with their lives. The worse they felt, the more determined they became!

George Dantzig was a graduate student in math at Berkeley. One day, as usual, he rushed in late to his math class and quickly copied the two homework problems from the blackboard. When he later went to do them, he found them very difficult, and it took him several days of hard work to crack them open and solve them. They turned out not to be homework problems at all. They were two famous math problems that had never been solved.

When Jordan was cut from the varsity team, he was devastated. His mother says, "I told him to go back and discipline himself.

All at once, she understood what a champion was: someone who could raise their level of play when they needed to. When the match is on the line, they suddenly "get around three times tougher.

Those with the growth mindset were the ones who showed the most character or heart. They were the ones who had the minds of champions

the growth mindset tend to cope—with determination.

What works is making a vivid, concrete plan: "Tomorrow during my break, I'll get a cup of tea, close the door to my office, and call the graduate school." Or, in another case: "On Wednesday morning, right after I get up and brush my teeth, I'll sit at my desk and start writing my report.

Mrs. Collins, if we do not learn and work hard, we will take an Icarian flight to nowhere.

If you make a mistake, you got to make it right. I realized I had a choice. I could sit in my misery or I could do something about it." Pulling

work harder, seek help, and try to catch up.

Only their continued motivation and commitment, along with their network of support, took them to the top.

Michael Jordan embraced his failures. In fact, in one of his favorite ads for Nike, he says: "I've missed more than nine thousand shots. I've lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot, and missed." You can be sure that each time, he went back and practiced the shot a hundred times.