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Quotes About Determination

Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.
~ Evelyn Ashford
I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don't come easily.
~ Katy Perry
If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.
~ Nido R Qubein
You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.
~ Daymond John
My approach has been that a player with determination and a willingness to work harder than anyone else can accomplish anything. It's a simple formula. I've found it works.
~ Steve Nash
Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.
~ Michael Jordan
A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
~ Nolan Bushnell
If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.
~ Beyonce Knowles
Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.
~ Dean Kamen
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
~ Arnold Palmer
You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.
~ Ralph Bunche
Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.
~ Shelby Steele
There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.
~ Jack London
If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally, and if something blocks your route, find another. Never give up.
~ Laurie Notaro
It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.
~ Danilo Dolci
Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell.
~ Scott McCloud
The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.
~ Alphonso Jackson
To be an inventor, you have to be willing to live with a sense of uncertainty, to work in this darkness and grope towards an answer, to put up with anxiety about whether there is an answer.
~ Ray Dolby
You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.
~ Marilyn Horne
It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.
~ Janet Erskine Stuart
Work while others are wishing.
~ Thomas A. Edison
Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.
~ Noel Coward
Follow your instincts - you never know if your ideas will work out unless you try them.
~ Lulu Guinness
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
~ James A. Garfield