Quotes About Determination

I'm going to run you down, back over you, and then I'm going to get out and shock you with my stun gun until your hair catches fire.

Janet Evanovich

I was getting nowhere fast on all this stuff, but as Yoda says, "Do or do not. There is no try." So, I was all about the do today.

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich

Seneca, the Roman philosopher. Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.

that was her edge. her secret weapon. she didnt give a shit.

The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.

Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain.

Never apologize, never explain.

You want car?' Rena said. 'Artist college? You think I don't know? How you think you pay? So this dress. Pretty dress. Someone gave. But money is . . .' She stopped, struggling to find the words, what money was. Finally, she threw her hands up. 'Money. You want remember, so just remember.

I decided that if I was never going to sell anything as long as I lived, I might as well do what I want to do 'cause then at least I would've done what I wanted to do in life. What's that worth?

I learned, whatever you hung from my earlobes or out on my back, I was insoluble, like same in water. Stir me up, I always rest on the bottom

I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all.

It is only by a great effort that we rouse ourselves to act, to fight, to struggle, to be heard above the wind, to crush flowers as we walk.

We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work.

Unless you are an enormous name, you never stop auditioning.

There is no way in my right mind I would contemplate running 26 miles-plus unless it involved a chase with Pamela Anderson.

I'd be twice as hard on my agent to get on the case. Because I think that's the only way you end up with Bridgerton.' You don't get there unless you're knocking on the door.

My father was a disciplinarian. He had this cane and he would spare no one if found at fault. Unlike Babita, I was not physically strong and couldn't cope with the training. So I got the most beatings.

In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.

I'm patient when it comes to my career, which is unlike me, but there are no stars in my eyes. I make where I go. It's that sort of thing.

Every time a twenty-something CEO turns down a multibillion-dollar offer for a company that has little or no revenues, it hits a raw nerve in me. Unlike most professionals, I am not shocked by the seemingly bizarre behavior of those founders who pursue their vision beyond all rational thought or monetary reward.

My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.