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Quotes About Determination

We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
~ Thomas A. Edison
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
~ Wilferd Peterson
As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.
~ Mariska Hargitay
Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point.
~ Christian Nestell Bovee
Everybody is given a Dream... you may have to work for it however.
~ Richard Bach
Most people will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don't be like most people.
~ Jeffrey Gitomer
What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.
~ Simon Sinek
The quiet people just do their work.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Bravery comes when you commit to doing the work.
~ Chris Brogan
Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success.
~ Dalia Grybauskaite
If it does not work the first time, try, try again. Then quit. No need to be an idiot.
~ W. C. Fields
Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream.
~ Jim Dietz
Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever.
~ Paul Gauguin
I don't work out too much. I just do some pushups when I feel the right hook is getting a lil weak.
~ Rakim
Life is a challenge. Realize that and work, every day, to rise up and meet it.
~ Denise Austin
If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'
~ Marcus Aurelius
Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.
~ Mark Twain
To work with undaunted energy! What fear! Who is powerful enough to thwart you.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
~ Rick Pitino
Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself.
~ Victor Hugo
The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work.
~ Og Mandino
I feel good, and the way I determine it is through my workout. I work so hard in the offseason that if I'm able to do everything I have to, I figure I must be healthy.
~ Nomar Garciaparra
One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.
~ Fulton J. Sheen