Quotes About Determination

I am sorry," said the machine, slumping at the shoulders. "I will try to have the right answer, if you will come back later." I put my hand on the creature's shoulder. "It's all right; I don't know, either. But spiders are funny and determined things, and must be treated carefully." "Yes," she said. "It is the same with clocks".

He does everything a Marshal does but twice as hard, twice as dirty, and without the soft and cushioning arms of the government to wipe his tears. The

But we had young turnips and mustard greens in our befuddled stomach that day, and these things make bravery.

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

Running away from a problem never helps. At some point it has to be confronted and dealt with.

As long as a man has two hands and a strong back, he can make things happen. It's no good being fearful. Worry won't change the future a whit, and it misses the joy of this glad day.

He kneels upon the solid rock and is looking up—not down at his burden!

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

You have to go for it. For the rest of us.

Subtly, she was telling him that she had her own life, her own business. An independent woman could always leave.

Stronger than her will to die was her will to endure, especially when she thought she was being tested.

If the shoe fits," she ground out, "lace up that bitch and wear it!

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

But every time I had the opportunity, I lacked the will.

And yet what manner of man would I be, who has so much to say in the contest of words, if now I shirked this contest of blood?

there is only one thing to do when we fall, and that is to get up, and go on with the life that is set in front of us, and try to do the good of which our hands are capable for the people who come in our way.

They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.

who would fight the wind if it came from the west when he wanted it from the east.

He wants to think he's from the best breeding. He wants to think himself brave. Can he win against all comers? And if not, does he have self-mastery to take a loss, stay cool in defeat, and try again undaunted? Those are the qualities of a great racehorse and a great gentleman.

She must not speak in a delicate tone. This is from the Koran. Things begun with a few words will continue to other things.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence." ? Geraldine Brooks, March

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

Geraldine Brooks

The point is the effort