Quotes About Determination

I don't buy into the word "failure." I used to but not anymore. Trying not to fail is the opposite of art.

I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it.

Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.

Baseball is the ideal forum for teachiing the art of failure; the very best fail to get a hit seven out of ten times.

Doggedness in art is no substitute for inspiration.

He wrote me a note to say we would create art together and we would make it, with or without the rest of the world.

I have made up my mind that I will never marry. I shall be wedded to my art.

No art is harder to master than believing in yourself.

If you don't know it's impossible, it's easier to do.

Not having enough talent seemed almost worse than not having any, because having a little meant having just enough to know what you lacked

Let Art be your weapon, and you would never be defeated.

Success or Failure, there should always be a Drive to Keep on Creating.

Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.

I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Those who give up cannot gain victory." It's not victory that is so important, but the fighting spirit. Even if you fail, I think even just the attitude of not giving up is beautiful in itself.

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

You can't always control the circumstances - only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.

Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.

Attitude is everything, so pick a good one

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

People who believe in themselves can accomplish almost anything... all begins with attitude.

There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.