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Quotes About Determination

I have no patience for anybody that doubts me, none at all.
~ Tupac Shakur
I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.
~ Tupac Shakur
For every dark night, there's a brighter day.
~ Tupac Shakur
Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory, but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
~ Patrick Lencioni
Our ability to engage in passionate, unfiltered debate about what we need to do to succeed will determine our future as much as any products we develop or partnerships we sign." It
~ Patrick Lencioni
We need to hire people who are hungry. They go beyond what is required. Passionate about the work they're doing. Hungry.
~ Patrick Lencioni
Teams that are willing to commit publicly to specific results are more likely to work with a passionate, even desperate desire to achieve those results. Teams that say, "We'll do our best," are subtly, if not purposefully, preparing themselves for failure.
~ Patrick Lencioni
Hungry Only: The Bulldozer
~ Patrick Lencioni
No amount of intellectual prowess or personal charisma can make up for an inability to identify a few simple things and stick to them over time.
~ Patrick Lencioni
So let there be no more of this clucking and wheedling. Oh, Pa, are you sure? Or: Oh, Francis, is this really a good idea? Let me be clear. I am always sure, and it is always a good idea.
~ Unknown
I slept as the person in Plutarch that ran from Marathon to Athens without a pause would have slept if he had not fallen dead, the creature.
~ Patrick O'Brian
The back of my hand to guilt.
~ Patrick O'Brian
There are some midshipmen who will never have the decency to lie down and die, whatever the circumstances. Because they are born to be hanged, no doubt,' added the lieutenant darkly.
~ Patrick O'Brian
that mean in terms of weekly income?
~ Patrick O'Brian
HE WHO DARES NOTHING NEED HOPE FOR NOTHING. BUT HE WHO DARES WINS
~ Patrick O'Brian
Clap on with both hands, sir - never say die - one more heave and we're home, safe and dry.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Castlereagh hanging at the one masthead and Fitzgibbon at the other,' thought Stephen, but with only the weariest gleam of spirit.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Do you mean to fight with her?' 'I mean to sink, take, burn or destroy her,' said Jack, a smile flashing across his face.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Now, Polychrests,' he said, 'now we are going to crack on until she groans again. Stuns'ls aloft and alow, royals, and, damn me, royal stuns'ls and skys'ls if she'll bear 'em. The sooner we're there, the sooner we're home. Topmen, upperyardmen, are you ready?' 'Ready, aye ready, sir.' A comfortable, good body of sound – relief, thankfulness? 'Then at the word, up you go. Lay aloft!
~ Patrick O'Brian
Patrick Sweeney
~ Unknown
When you get down to it, what matters is practice, will and a certain amount of skill. Capacity is a small matter, but if everything else is equal, capacity will win out. That's why we want magazines with lots of bullets in them.
~ Unknown
Winning's never about what anyone else does. It's something that happens between you and yourself. You don't look to the left or the right. You just jump in the water and swim with everything you have. You swim for your life, Ma, and when you reach the finish line and look up, whoever you thought you were competing against is gone. Poof.
~ Unknown
i wish means: would it be nice if.. i want means: if i want it enough i will get it.
~ Paul Arden