Quotes About Determination

I have the power to handle whatever comes up.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, they can't find them, MAKE THEM.   —George Bernard Shaw

Its Not Over Until You Win....

Many times people back away from things they want to do, from the dreams they have nurtured, because they cannot envision a clear way to bring those goals to reality. Mama lived by the saying "You must walk by faith and not by sight." She believed that if you summon the courage to go after your dream, life will provide the answers.

There is no sense in having a goal if you aren't going to go after it.

As Marcus Garvey would say, "Rise up you mighty people, onward and upward to victory.

There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams. Many

housekeeper. She enlisted friends with their own small children to mind us while she worked for wages. When she took us in, Mama had absolutely no idea of how she was going to support us. She knew she wanted a family, so she made us that and then proceeded to so do whatever it took to keep us in shirts and dungarees and food. Many

Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind. Focus all your energy on being a better person so you can become successful, no matter what the signs say.

Tough times don't last, tough people do."     Motivational

It's possible, that's all you need to remember

Dr. Michael Kelley said, "You must be willing to do the things today that others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow that others won't have." People who are HUNGRY don't let life define them—they define themselves!

You've Got to Be HUNGRY!

People who are HUNGRY go for their dream, against all odds. They believe as Dexter Yager who said, "If the dream is big enough, the odds don't matter!

People say, "It's not over 'til the fat lady sings," but many people quit while she's just clearing her throat! Don't quit! Bet on you! When life introduces interruptions, when challenges block your path, bet on you!

When the going gets tough, the tough get going!" ~Billy Ocean~

You must tell yourself, "No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I'm going to make it.

High Standards for High Achievement

he) had his own set of rules: "ride clean and ride fair." Asked by reporters how he managed to keep calm despite the attacks by other cyclists, Marshall answered, "I simply ride away.

Sometimes you'll win, sometimes you'll lose, but you must never run away.

But — but — it's twelve miles,' they spluttered in chorus. 'You can't walk. It's impossible! It's too far!' Strolling along the empty road in the sunshine, between the paddy fields spreading flat to humpy hills, I didn't care even if they were right.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it.

He wasn't there to save her. She must know how to save herself.