Quotes About Determination

Oh! Much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay And much may be gained by relying On "Where there's a Will There's a Way."

The only time you find success before work is in the dictionary.

She's the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success, wrong by wrong.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Somebodys said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.

It is cowardice to commit suicide.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

Of course, he seems to have quite a mind of his own and that is probably where he is weakest.

Then comes Winston with his hundred horsepower mind and what can I do?

Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one which rolls.

Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.

Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.

Harricum! Harricum! Give 'em hell, Harricum!

I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity, the intolerable labour of thought.

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.

He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too."