Quotes About Determination

The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny that the effects of the past are still with us. But I refuse to strengthen them by repeating them, to confer upon them an irremovability the equivalent of destiny, to confuse the biological and the cultural. Anticipation is imperative.

Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken.

Strength is the outcome of need.

We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.

Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

If you're doing your best, you won't have time to worry about failure.

Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.

There are people who will always come up with reasons why you can't do what you want to do. Ignore them. 601

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Nigdy nie rezygnuj z celu tylko dlatego, ?e osi?gni?cie go wymaga czasu. Czas i tak up?ynie.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Let your performance do the thinking.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

There is no adversity on this earth that cannot be overcome with fortitude and positive will.

There wasn't much of her, in fact she must have been one of the smallest women I have ever seen—around five feet high—but there was a core of steel in her. She had her own mind and her own way of doing things.

need nerves of steel to be a parent.

There have been times in my life when, confronted by black and hopeless circumstances, I have discovered in myself undreamed-of resources of courage and resolution.

Often, too, they would slip half a