Quotes About Determination

The determination that is his biggest strength . . . is also at times his fatal flaw. Like an unthinking machine, he'll just keep shoving, not realizing a step back, a one-night pause, could let some obstacle move out of the way and smooth his path.

nothing the western nations can do can stop her or keep her down.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.

I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance. Still, I must save this government, if possible. What I cannot do, of course I will not do, but it may as well be understood, once for all, that I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.

If you intend to go to work, there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you cannot get along anywhere. Squirming and crawling about from place to place can do no good.

I have a congenital aversion to failure.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions, not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.

In the middle of a negotiation, what they planned to ask for suddenly seems ridiculous, excessive, too much. If this happens to you, hold on tight to the information you've collected, and don't suddenly revise your goals downward. Focus on your target and fight the impulse to concede too quickly. After all your hard work, don't make the mistake of walking away too soon.

Focus on your target and fight the impulse to concede too quickly.

You're facing it now, and it's never too late.

Keep moving. Have a goal, One day you will arrive at a place that is better than the place where you were, even if it is only in your head.

We're working on it." That's my standard answer in situations where I don't know squat. Tomasetti

Fuck Kerouac; he would write his own story.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

Peace is not passive; it's powerful.

When you get the end of your rope, tie a knot & hold on!

Battaglia gagged her. Told her to take the high road. Fuck the high road, I said. It's usually a dead end. --Mike Chapman to Lee, Crime Scene Photographer.

It is better to wear out than to rust out." —President Millard Fillmore

Better to say "I tried and failed and moved on" than "I never tried because I thought I might fail.

But sometimes we have to be brave in order to dig deep and find answers. Even if we're not sure we're going to like the answers.