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Quotes About Determination

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.
~ Robert M. Hensel
You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.
~ Ryan Reynolds
The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, is gonna be the man of '96.
~ Shawn Michaels
Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.
~ Shemar Moore
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope.
~ Simon Newcomb
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
~ Sophocles
I saw a man pursuing the horizon;Round and round they sped.I was disturbed at this;I accosted the man."It is futile," I said,"You can never-""You lie," he cried,And ran on.
~ Stephen Crane
Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.
~ Thomas Jefferson
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
~ William Cowper
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
~ William Shakespeare
Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.
~ Charles Caleb Colton
Tis the hard grey weather Breeds hard English men.
~ Charles Kingsley
The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; and the other, 'There aren't the opportunities today there used to be'.
~ Charles M. Schwab
I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.
~ Charles R. Schwab
There is no strong beer, just weak men
~ Dan Castellaneta
Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women.
~ David Deida
Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.
~ Dwight L. Moody
You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.
~ Eminem
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
~ Felix Frankfurter
When you show a man what he wants he will move heaven and earth to get it.
~ Frank Bettger
Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.
~ Franklin Knight Lane
A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.
~ George Eliot