Quotes About Determination

So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again.

I lost in the amateurs, losing a controversial fight that stopped me going to an Olympic Games - and it's not a nice feeling.

I remind myself that, though there was a time anxiety might have stopped me, today is not that day. And so, by checking in with myself, minute by minute, I push myself through.

I did school plays, and then, at the age of 18, I applied to drama school in London, and I got in. I've been very lucky that no one so far has stopped me from being able to live my dream - the industry or my parents.

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.

I made four comedies, and all did well, but I always wanted to do an action film. When I saw 'Singham,' I thought this was the right film. Many stopped me, saying, 'You are doing so well in comedy, why do you want to make this film?'

Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.

I'm just a genetic freak, but it has never stopped me from doing whatever I want to.

I never lost sight of my goals. I never stopped thinking I could reach the top.

I started writing in fourth grade and never stopped. I faked my way through high school and nearly was flushed from college - I still can't pay attention - and then had a series of day jobs. But always, continuously, I have written.

If you want to build something fantastic, just do it. Who is stopping you?

I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.

After the leg break it was a very tough time. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't sometimes thought about stopping playing football.

I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping.

I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped.

There's just no stopping me. I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.

When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back. If you keep stopping the car and going, 'Are you sure we want to go?' and think, 'This is really daunting,' you will get frightened, so you just have to keep ploughing through it.