Quotes About Determination

I am convinced there's a gramma gene that disables the word "no.

Freddie's attitude was always, 'But you can, don't you see? You can do it. Put your mind to it, you'll see what you can do.' That was one of the loveliest things about him.

won't be easy to get to," he muttered, his own voice stark against the silence. "Not easy at all." The man lived in a fortress of

My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there's a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.

I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.

Nothing is won without sacrifice.

Everybody's scared, but if you don't let your fears stop you, that's bravery.

To safeguard what we've won and to move forward requires securing, solidifying, and making more permanent alliances with others who are hurt by the same system. Consciousness plays an important role in cementing this coalition. Shared consciousness becomes a material force because what you're fighting for and what you are determined to win together has a big impact on how your foes react to you.

When my mother discovered she was pregnant with me, she told my dad she didn't want to be tied down with a kid. My father insisted she'd be happy once she had the baby. Nature would see to that. My mother had me to prove him wrong.

A girl had to do what a girl had to do and it looked as if this girl's immediate future included chicken Caesar salad, chocolate cake, and Cary Grant.

Pursue excellence rather than fame -- it will get you farther faster, and will be way more satisfying.

Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.

Which is worse: to take a stand and fail or to fail to stand

There is a steep and lofty wall, Where my warders trembling stand, He who at speed shall ride round its height, For him shall be my hand.

Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.

A hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head winds right for royal sails. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Got any rivers they say are uncrossable, Got any mountains they say "can't tunnel through"? We specialize in the wholly impossible, Doing the things they say you can't do. song of the Panama Canal builders

If we would only move straight ahead in faith, the path would be opened for us . But we stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles at all.

You can't just decide to be happy." "No, you can't. But you can sure as hell decide to be miserable. Is that what you want?

Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up.

It was funny how just when you thought you knew yourself through and through, you stumbled on a new kind of strength, a fresh reserve of power inside you that you never knew you had, and all at once you found yourself burning a little brighter and hotter than you ever had before.

Sometimes you just have to do things, Quentin," Julia said, as he climbed on board after her. "You spend too much of your time waiting.

Give a nerd enough time and a door he can close and he can figure out pretty much anything.

Fatigue meant nothing when you actually wanted to suffer.