Quotes About Determination

I had many years that I was not so successful as a ballplayer, as it is a game of skill.

Plea to the early 1960's NY Mets. "Can't anyone here play this game?

Adversity is the litmus of faith, and only by continuing on in a spirit of total determination and self belief do we achieve what we set out to do.

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.

I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them." "Unfortunately," said Hodge, "we're all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing.

Will rolled up his sleeves. "We'll probably have to knock down the door--" "Or," said Jem, reaching out and giving the knob a twist, "not." The door swung open onto a rectangle of darkness. "Now, that's simply laziness," said Will.

In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did.

Clary felt suddenly annoyed. "When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?" "Exsanguinated," said Jace, impressed. "That's a big word." "And you're a big-" "Tsk tsk," he interupted. "No swearing in church.

Drowning yourself won't help, she told herself sternly. Now, drowning Will, on the other hand...

What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say.

I see you're determined to miss my point." "If you're point is that there was a pretty girl in the room and it was distracting you, then I think I've taken your point handily." "You think she's pretty?" Will was surprised; Jem rarely opinioned this sort of thing. "Yes, and you do too." "I hadn't noticed, really." "Yes, you have, and I've noticed you noticing.

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

Heroes aren't always the ones who win," she said. "They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.

You're not going," he said as soon as she'd finished. "If I have to tie you up and sit on you until this insane whim of yours passes, you are not going to Idris." - Jace

Have the courage of your desire.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

More brave than firm, and more disposed to dare And die at once than wrestle with despair...

Ata që nuk do të arsyetojnë, janë fanatikë, ata që nuk munden, janë të marrë, dhe ata që nuk guxojnë, janë skllevër.

Recuso-me a ser escravo de algum apetite.

A line has been drawn in the sand.

Everyone is a loser. Winners are just losers with more patience.

The fiercely competitive are fierce because they don't see themselves as competitive.

It is natural to feel helpless when attempting the impossible.