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Quotes About Determination

The theoretical determination of the fine structure constant is certainly the most important of the unsolved problems of modern physics.
~ Wolfgang Pauli
The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.
~ Woody Allen
I have no idea what I am doing but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.
~ Woody Allen
I can't fight. I was once run over by a car with a flat tire, being pushed by two guys.
~ Woody Allen
I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.
~ Woody Allen
Los personajes femeninos de Lovborg: una evaluación DORF: Oh, Netta. ¡Todo está perdido! ¡Perdido! NETTA: Para un hombre pusilánime, tal vez, pero no para un hombre que tenga...valor.
~ Woody Allen
Dios (Una comedia) DORIS: Fidipides. ¿Cómo puedes negarte? DIABETES: Cuando se es un cobarde, ciertas cosas resultan muy fáciles.
~ Woody Allen
I, like a fatuous dunce who didn't realize how bad I was, jumped right in with the confidence of a true know-nothing. I practiced
~ Woody Allen
Don't look back, Satchel Paige said, something may be gaining on you.
~ Woody Allen
Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.
~ Wu Cheng'en
In all circumstances, what you believe determines your actions. Your actions determine your future. The choice of how you live and what becomes of you is in your own hands.
~ Wu Wei
Los tímidos somos capaces de cualquier cosa
~ Xavier Velasco
Los pendejos negocian discutiendo, quienes realmente quieren lo que quieren se callan el hocico y ponen manos a la obra.
~ Xavier Velasco
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
~ Xenophon
I would force myself again and again to guard against my own overeagerness. Such self-control was crucial, for many times it led to great victories when self-indulgence might have led to defeats.
~ Xenophon
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
~ Xenophon
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.   Seize
~ Xenophon
Why, at any rate, should he think me capable of great conquests, given my limited experience in the field? Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
~ Xenophon
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
~ Yann Martel
It's amazing how willpower can build walls.
~ Yann Martel
Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others-and I am one of those-never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It's not a question of courage. It's something constitutional, an inability to let go.
~ Yann Martel
We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It is not the question of courage. It is something constitutional, an ability to let go. It maybe nothing more than life-hungry stupidity.
~ Yann Martel
I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end.
~ Yann Martel
Some of us give up[…] with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others—and I am one of those—never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success.
~ Yann Martel