Quotes About Determination

It was the thing that had compelled them to fight for the trail against all the odds,

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Tell

But the thing about rising is we have to continue upward; the thing about going beyond is we have to keep going.

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 it was true, I said it anyway: No one.

My feet? Well, they were still entirely, unspeakably fucked.

There was nothing to do but go on.

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 it was true, I said it anyway: No one.

I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on this story was a form of mind control, but for the most part, it worked.

I had no roof I made Audacity my roof. ROBERT PINSKY, "Samurai Song

God was a ruthless bitch.

It didn't matter whether someone came along anyway. I was in this alone. I

Yes. I get to do this. I get to waste my life. I get to be junk.

So much of being able to hike the PCT depended upon mind control: the stout decision to move forward, regardless.

I had to change. I had to change was the thought that drove me in those months of planning. Not into a different person, but back to the person I used to be—strong and responsible, clear-eyed and driven, ethical and good.

I'd made a plan: I would follow this road wherever it led me. I'd ignore all the others that crossed its path, no matter how intriguing or promising they looked.

He pushed on, pillaging my pack, inquiring sternly each time before tossing another item I'd previously deemed necessary into the get-rid-of pile.

No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things have befallen 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.

Are you really not going to pursue your dream because you now have one more bill than you had before? Are you truly so cowed by adversity?

I had to do something hard so I could know my strength. I had to do something scary so I could find my courage. I had to do something alone so I could see who I was.

WRITE LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER

The unifying theme is being a warrior and a motherfucker

What's important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision 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.

I am not afraid

Never give in,