Quotes About Determination

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.

The world is full of things we can't control. All we can do is keep trying, keep working.

But it's Libby. I know it's her. I have to figure out how to help her. Maybe I'm the only one who can. – May

We'll fix that," May declared. Libby giggled at her. "What? I totally mean it." "I know. That's not what's funny: Your accent came back hard-core." "Shut up! No, it didn't," May giggled back.

Every day," she'd told him, "you have to decide how to fail, and make the best of it.

Every day," she'd told him, "you have to decide how to fail, and make the best of it." At the time, he'd found it cynical. Now he honestly found it helpful — if for no other reason than he knew it was normal and he knew he wasn't alone.

Every day,' she told him, 'you have to decide how to fail, and make the best of it.' At the time, he'd found it cynical. Now he honestly found it helpful — if for no other reason than he knew it was normal and he knew he wasn't alone.

It's not meant to be comfortable," Cly told him. He pushed at the captain's chair, which had been furnished with a leather pad in the shape of a cushion. It looked approximately as soft as an old book. Fang

As an old acquaintance of mine used to say, "If you can't duck it, fuck it." I'm pretty sure he knew it was duct and not duck, but I'll forgive him for the sake of the rhyme.

Sometimes the advantage of being young and bright is not knowing what's impossible.

I slipped on through, slicker than whale shit through an ice floe.

Gregor wanted more knowledge than the village grammar school could provide. The next level of school was a half-day's journey away. To attend, he would have to eat and sleep there. His parents scraped together every cent they could, but they could only afford to pay for books, a bed, and half of Gregor's meals. Twelve-year-old Gregor went anyway. He chose to feed his mind and go without food to fill his grumbling belly. At school, he feasted on his lessons.

was terrified. Her heart

he dove for it, they'd

Goals, conflict, and motivation should be so specific that you can write them down in a few words.

was in Nicholas's employ, yet he walked

Vivi stood and crumpled the report. "Who's the CEO at Slakerian?" "Jakes Echabarne," her assistant said, not glancing at any notes. "Arrange a meeting." No one messed around with Hunting4TrueLove, whether she held the reins or not.

The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it.

Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.

I made it the mantra of those days; when I paused before yet another series of switchbacks or skidded down knee-jarring slopes, when patches of flesh peeled off my feet along with my socks, when I lay alone and lonely in my tent at night I asked, often out loud: Who is tougher than me? The answer was always the same, and even when I knew absolutely there was no way on this earth that it was true, I said it anyway: No one.

God is not a granter of wishes. God is a ruthless bitch.

What's important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision that the commission made up. It's up to you to make your life. Take what you have and stack it up like a tower of teetering blocks. Build your dream around that.