Quotes About Determination

He sighed. "Sometimes life kicks the shit out of you; that's all. It's like the Stones said: You can't always get what you want.

Don't think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices

He should know better than to dream so big and to give voice to those dreams.

We must never forget these remarkable women and the daring, dangerous choices they made to save others and to protect and fight for their way of life.

A warrior believes in an end she can't see and fights for it.

There is only the fight to recover what has been lost And found and lost again and again: and now under conditions That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss. For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business." —T. S. Eliot, from "East Coker

Quit pouting, girl. All a Milquetoast ever gets is wet.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

In wars, there are battles and skirmishes. Losses along the way. But our men will never let the Germans win. We will never give up." She moved closer to her students. "But we have a part to play, too; those of us left behind. We have to be brave and strong, too, and not believe the worst. We have to keep on with our lives so our fathers and brothers and Ã¢â'¬Â¦ husbands have lives to come home to, oui?

That's why you're so strong and I'm not." "You will have to be," Isabelle said. "For Sophie." Vianne drew in a breath. And there it was. The reason she couldn't eat a bowl of arsenic or throw herself in front of a train.

You'll make it through, Jo. You're the strongest person I've ever met.

How could you hold on to ideals when you were sick and cold and starving?

You will have to be," Isabelle said. "For Sophie." Vianne drew in a breath. And there it was. The reason she couldn't eat a bowl of arsenic or throw herself in front of a train.

By the time she reached her floor, Ruby was wheezing so badly she sounded like Shelley Winters after her swim in The Poseidon Adventure, and she was practically that wet. Sweat slid down her forehead and caught on her eyelashes, blurring everything.

wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. —ATTICUS FINCH, FROM HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD  

Elizabeth laughed. "No way. You'll have to talk to Dad about this yourself, but I'll tell you this, honey, it's dangerous to quit something because you think you're not good enough. That can be an ugly pattern that repeats itself throughout your life. Believe me, I know.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. —Richard Bach, Illusions

It wasn't the fear that mattered in life. It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of fear, not in spite of it.

She had to believe there was grit in her, even if it had never been tested or revealed.

I can't," Mama finally said, and Leni thought they were the saddest, most pathetic words she'd ever heard.

She is so certain of everything. This war is black and white for her. Nothing seems to scare her.

It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it. "Yes.

Many of them, like the pioneers who went west one hundred years before them, brought nothing more than a will to survive and a hope for a better future.

You're always talking about my future. Your big dreams for me. College. How do you think I'm going to get there, Mom? By picking cotton in the fall and starving in the winter? By living on the dole?" Loreda moved forward. "Think about the women who fought for the vote. They had to be scared, too, but they marched for change, even if it meant going to jail. And now we can vote. Sometimes the end is worth any sacrifice.