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Quotes About Determination

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
~ Thomas A. Edison
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion, just thinking foolishly that you will be able to do what you want to do
~ Tina Fey
Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.
~ W. Edwards Deming
Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.
~ Will Rogers
I don't want money badly enough to work for it.
~ William Faulkner
At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.
~ William Ivey Long
First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
~ Beatrice Wood
I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
~ Ben Hogan
This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that.
~ Bernard Hopkins
I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
~ Bernie Ecclestone
They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.
~ Casey Stengel
I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do.
~ Chris Evert
Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thing is all long done.
~ D. W. Griffith
Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.
~ David Frost
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work
~ David Rockefeller
Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work. If you're passionate about an idea that's stuck in your head, find a way to build it so you can prove to yourself that it doesn't work.
~ Dennis Crowley
Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.
~ Dennis Crowley
Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.
~ Dorothy Hamill
Chance does not work. Only choice will work. Your choice!
~ Earl Nightingale
Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field.
~ Elaine Paige
IN MY NERVOUSNESS FOR THIS SPEECH AND MY MOMENTS OF DOUBT, I'VE TOLD MYSELF FIRMLY, 'IF NOT ME, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?'
~ Emma Watson
Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.
~ Erwin McManus
I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.
~ Ezra Koenig