Quotes About Determination

Cut my legs off but don't take away my ability to think, dream, and write

The whole aim of any person who is beginning prayer—and don't forget this, because it is very important—should be that he work and prepare himself with determination and every effort to bring his will into conformity with God's will.

Liberty is a gift and power that extends even to the determination of our eternal and self-chosen destiny. This is one reason a single person is of greater worth than the whole of the subhuman cosmos.

I was sent to Naval School when I was young, and it didn't do me any good in any other form, but it made me get up in the morning.

I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.

A lot of people, when they are expected to do great things they fold, but you have got to find a way to navigate it.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.

I know from my experience as a Navy SEAL that barriers work.

I went to the University of Maryland for a year and was considering maybe, you know, being a medical doctor but decided my other interest was maybe flying airplanes in the Navy and just kind of changed my mind and changed schools and changed majors and decided to focus a hundred percent on that.

Like in combat when you're in chaos, a Navy SEAL in chaos, you cannot be afraid of dying for a cause.

My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.

Sometimes she wants her pacifier, and other times, she doesn't even want it near her. She's very strong and determined. She's always trying to stand, and she was born with her eyes open, so she's ready to go.

If I was a manager, I wouldn't want a 'nearly man' in my team. Not a chance.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.

Whether it's boxing or in life, I've gotten here by any means necessary.

When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for, getting attention is not a bad thing. Letting it be known by whatever colorful language is necessary is not a bad thing.

We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Necessity has the face of a dog.

Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.

Well, you know, I've always been an entrepreneur. I've had it out of necessity.