Quotes About Determination

Even now, the Lincoln was less than a half block behind. "Dammit. They just won't shake lose." "Oh yeah?" Whitney set her teeth and gave the mirror a quick check. She'd never been a gracious loser. "Watch this." Before Doug could draw a breath, she whipped the Mercedes around in a tight U-turn and headed dead-on for the Lincoln. He watched with a kind of fascinated dread. "Oh my God.

Rule number one was confidence. Rule number two was tenacity.

I'm wondering, if there was something you wanted, had wanted for some time, what would you do about it?" "If I've wanted it, why don't I have it?" "Because you haven't made any real effort to get it as yet." "And why haven't I?" He arched his sandy brows. "Am I slow or just stupid?" Brenna thought it over, decided he couldn't know he'd just insulted his firstborn.

Do you think you can have everything you want just by yelling louder, just by being stronger?

Do you think I'll let it go, that I'll hide from it because you, who's anything but a coward, is afraid of what ifs?

She had, for too many years, found it easier to bend than to stand.

your excuses are so lame they're limping

I'm not after romance. It's the sort of thing that weakens resolve and clouds sense.

He'd been nearly a year without her, and in all those months had run the gamut from rage to stunned hurt, from bitterness to despair, from acceptance to determination. Some species mated for life, he thought as he stood. By God, he was one of them.

We can't have choice and free will and still be fated.

Maybe this wasn't the road she'd expected to take, all those years ago when she was a young girl who imagined having pretty things and a quiet life that she would earn by using her brain. But it was the road she'd taken, and she was making it the right road.

A determined man could build one hell of a blaze from one good spark.

Though she be but little, she is fierce.

You're going to find I'm not the kind who'll always give you what you want. You can fight me, sometimes you might even win. But you won't stop me.

Girl, if you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer's always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

He worked for two hours, perfecting the storyline-the situation, the setup, the punchline.After changing her tire and practicing macho lines to impress her, Macintosh ended up with five dollars, a stutter, and soaked shoes as Veronica zoomed out of his life.

La madre que lo parió! —masculló, pero como estaba decidido a pillarlo por sorpresa, optó por imitar su tono alegre—. Ven, Tiburón, ven, cabroncete. Aquí, chico, ven, engendro del demonio...

You're asking for it, Julie Lynne." "When

New York had saved him, in a very real way. It had pushed and prodded him with its impatient and sharp fingers, reminding him on a daily basis during that jittery first year that it didn't really give a goddamn whether he sank or swam. He liked its selfishness and its generosity and its propensity for flipping the bird to the rest of the world.

You put something behind you, Nome, it's got its eyes on your back. I'd rather keep it in front of me, so I can see where it's going.

Don't let anything stop you from going where you need to go, from doing what you need to do. Make your mark on the world, and make it deep so it lasts.

Without another word, he walked out. Gennie waited until she heard his footsteps on the stairs before she pressed a hand to her stomach. The next time she saw a light in the dark, she told herself, she'd run like hell in the opposite direction.

A thousand and a thousand times.

That's true." And children, she thought, no matter how hard they strained for independence, were stuck. "It won't be long before you can decide for yourself. L.A., right?