Quotes About Determination

Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith.

I don't know the secret of success - but the secret of failure is to always try to follow the will of others.

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision.

Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it

ALWAYS chose the road less taken.

Life is a fast, dizzing game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it.

If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too. But that's the way it is.

Age only slows down those who never had the courage to walk at their own pace..

When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.

I'm a cornered tiger with nowhere to run; the only option that remains is to attack.

Don't let other's say That road is better or That route is easier. The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.

Faith as tiny as a grain of sand allows us to move mountains.

The brave are those who make decisions despite their fear, who are tormented by the Devil every step of the way and gripped by anxiety about their every action, wondering if they are right or wrong. And yet nevertheless, they act.

Don't you think you're quite young?' 'I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.

You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.

Not one word to stop me from doing something I shouldn't? 'No. By doing what you shouldn't, you will realize it yourself. As I said in the restaurant, the light in your soul is greater than the darkness. But for this you must go all the way to the end of the game.

Going after what I believe in.

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

we who determine how quickly time passes.

That is what marks out the warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear and adulation, but willpower requires patience and commitment. Men and women with immense willpower are generally solitary types and give off a kind of coolness. Many people mistakenly think that (they) are cold (people) when nothing could be further from the truth.

Try the impossible. Don't start low down because that's where you are now. Climb those rungs quickly before they take the ladder away. If you're afraid, say a prayer, but carry on.