Quotes About Determination

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.

If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

The only way around is through.

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

Most people are afraid to follow their dreams. The thought of failure is too much for them to handle so they never even try to achieve them.

When you have a childhood dream that still burns and tugs at your heart when you're an adult, you owe it to yourself to pursue and achieve this dream.

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward. I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something.

Timid salesmen have skinny kids.

When backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong.

The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.

Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why I was able to swim so well

If we only knew that we could have anything we wanted we would set more goals.

Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.

As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think big.

If you believe you can get through an injury and fight back, and you really love gymnastics enough, you can get through it.

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.

If you can't, then you must!

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away.

If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?

People whine, 'I haven't succeeded because I haven't had the breaks.' You create your own breaks.