Quotes About Determination

If you take away the last few years, from my last year in Washington, and you think about my career, there was nothing but hard work. I was in the gym three or four times a day, working on my skills. If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did. That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.

A good teacher is a determined person.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

He must be a man of some force.' 'He's a religious fanatic.' Leo suddenly smiled. 'So were Martin Luther and Oliver Cromwell and John the Baptist, Viscountess. Give me a good religious fanatic every time! They always mean business, and they'll do what they set out to do or die trying.

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasures, nothing for comfort or praise or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous and uncomfortable enemy because his body which you can always conquer gives you so little purchase over his soul.

I had been pregnant in the sixties, and at nineteen years old had had an illegal abortion that probably influenced the messy state of my reproductive organs. For the next nineteen years my priority was to finish my education and pursue my career. Now I couldn't take my fate: You'll never have a baby. That was the sentence handed to me. I began to beat my fists against a door that maybe I had locked on the other side.

Difficulties existed only to be surmounted, and there was no setback that a little thought and determination could not overcome.

If you wanted to win – and win at all costs – there was no place for gentlemanly behaviour. Guns, gas or grenades; you should be prepared to get your hands dirty. 'A spiked mace smashed in the face,' he reasoned, 'is probably quite as

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears

I truly belive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us.

I truly beleive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us.

nice to her. It had cost her quite a lot to push the door open. But

You may be weaker than the whole world but you are always stronger than yourself.

I needed to bring my own gifts to my new home, not resist them, not sway to and fro like the tidal waters of the lagoon, but rather chart my own course through the shallows like an experienced boatman.

sometimes holding on to anger is important to people and is what keeps them going.

Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up. Show up.

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don't prove that you shouldn't try again.

We often mistake letting go for giving up. Knowing the difference between the two can make all the difference in the end.

Stand up for yourself by not standing yourself up.

Each of us has our definition of adventure: ending an unsatisfying relationship, returning to school, parachute jumping or training for a marathon. Go ahead. Get your thrill on.

In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.

Much of our lives consists of a series of choices over which we have absolute control.

No map? No problem. Let commitment and determination lead the way.