Quotes About Determination

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

You can't plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.

Things will work out. Keep trying. Be believing. Don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

Let us stand a little taller, if you don't, you will never strengthen yourself

Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.

I cannot say enough of appreciation for your determination to live by the standards of the Church, to walk with the strength of virtue, to keep your minds above the slough of filth which seems to be moving like a flood across the world. Thank you for knowing there is a better way. Thank you for the will to say no. Thank you for the strength to deny temptation and look beyond and above to the shining light of your eternal potential.

Heroines did not pick their own battles—the ones they knew they could win. On the contrary, they managed what they had to manage, and they did not lie to themselves about relying on others for help instead of accomplishing the thing alone.

She knew how fortunate she was to have her independence, and to have a disposition that cared so little for the opinions of others. Let them talk, she thought, as long as they also saw her holding her head high, and as long as she possessed the whip-hand of wealth.

This was how people were able to do things when they didn't want to - they made themselves feel something else, like anger, more than the fear.

When you believe that you are the only path to progress, the choice is easy to make. And when they make that choice, their consciences will be clear

It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.

Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

You don't quench ambition by feeding it any more than you quench a fire the same way... To an ambitious man, what he already has is nothing. It's what he doesn't have that counts.

Facing facts is definitely preferable to facing defeat.

Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

fighting an endless war and getting nowhere, surrounded by those who found simply being in the war enough to justify their existence. He

Don't take it personally. Just take it seriously.

There was no way I wanted to be a pathetic dreamer like him for the rest of my life. I wanted to be the best at whatever I did. The only question was: what would that be?

When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football.

Bessie cried. "I ain't movin' to Arizona! Damnit, there is nothin' there but gravel and scorpions..."

You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day.