Quotes About Determination

One way or the other, she had no doubt she would succeed in influencing her husband and obtaining the independence she so longed for.

Whatever the past may have handed on to us, it is up to each one of us to chisel our present out of the shapeless block of the future.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -- The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal, while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before

Even though it's hard, it's easy.

don't expect Nicky to provide some kind of happily ever after for you. Because it's not up to him, it's up to you.

I followed him as closely as a three-legged racer toward the bar.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other.

He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything 'Let it be done' he at once felt not only that it was accomplished, but that he had done it himself.

Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.

I musn't run away.

Today, salute, mile, serve, deep. And I am never doing that again.-Kavi

Fisk would take care of it.

With Weasel and Arisa at his side, anything was possible. Anything.

his reach exceeds his grasp. He tries to do things no one else would even dream of attempting-and he usually brings about three-quarters of it off. The last quarter sometimes trips him up, but the parts he does manage are remarkable. And no one else would have tried.

Dripping water pierces a stone.

You're a tough guy, aren't you?" Tough was the biggest compliment my family offered. Nice was fine, smart was good, but tough was what we aimed for.

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly.

There's a feeling of power in reserve, a power that drives right through the bone, like the shiver you sense in the shaft of an axe when you take it into your hand. You can strike, or you can not strike, and if you choose to hold back the blow, you can still feel inside you the resonance of the omitted thing.

Damn it all, Cromwell, why are you such a . . . person? It isn't as if you could afford to be.