Quotes About Determination

but he had kept his essential mission intact. After twelve months of painstaking preparation

Magellan was right to insist on this point, although he was powerless to enforce it.

After six months at sea, Magellan's ability to lead the armada was still in grave doubt.

they were ready for battle. But they were not prepared to be ignored.

Of low extraction, and a person of weak character, his advancement must always be regarded with wonder.

Magellan refused to be swayed by the ambassador's entreaties.

Serrano attempted to head into the wind and ride out the storm, but overpowering gusts tore the sails

made a promise, he did everything in his power to keep it.

Magellan believed that he could do what the Genoese navigator had claimed to do but had never actually accomplished:

the castaways evolved a plan. They would drag the planks over the mountains until they reached the river

As a young soldier, Prince Henry had fought against Arabs, and he was determined to drive them from the Iberian peninsula

You must give the aggressive and hostile aspects of yourself constructive ways of expression through assertiveness, determination, self-assuredness, boldness, mental toughness, decisiveness, learning how to articulate one's feelings, speaking directly, forcefulness, and sport.

The Constitution is well worth fighting for.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

With the chance I've been given, I'm gonna be driven as hell

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause—and of obstinacy in a bad one.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

No guts, no glory.

Things are going to happen that you can't control. You can't let it bother you. You have to try your best.

Sometimes a champion is the one who is ready to act, not the strongest or the bravest.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

You gotta dig deep to rise high.