Quotes About Determination

If I have a bow and arrow, Commander, I don't shoot a padded shaft to my target's left in order to express my annoyance. I fire a steel-tipped arrow into his leg.

Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome.

What the hell kind of person was capable of sounding erudite while losing blood out of his face by the pint?

the point is that every fight is worth fighting. Even the hopeless ones.

little bit. There're two ways to respond to them, Jean-Luc: either roll over and give them what they want, or fight them no matter what the risk. Which option are you going to embrace!?

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

tonsils or half the appendix risks as much infection or shock as if he did the whole job. And he has not cured the condition, has indeed made it worse. He either operates or he doesn't. Similarly, the effective decision-maker either acts or he doesn't act. He does not take half-action. This is the one thing that is always wrong, and the one sure way not to satisfy the minimum specifications, the minimum boundary conditions.

Everyone can make the wrong decision—in fact, everyone will sometimes make a wrong decision. But no one needs to make a decision which, on its face, falls short of satisfying the boundary conditions.

el efectivo hombre de decisiones actúa o no actúa. Nunca obra a medias. Actuar a medias equivale, siempre, a equivocarse y es la manera más segura de no satisfacer las especificaciones mínimas

They were stepping up, not cowering down.

But aggression has its constructive qualities as well.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. —ALBERT EINSTEIN1

I learned during the three weeks after my surgery that when you are in rehab, willpower and determination are key.

Back when Alistair had made his promise to Hope and Arthur. A promise that had been nearly impossible to keep.

I have everything to offer and nothing to lose

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Ultimately it is not the stock market nor even the companies themselves that determine an investor's fate. It is the investor.

When we say this, we're assuming you are a long-term investor who is determined to stick with stocks no matter what.

the stock market demands conviction as surely as it victimizes the unconvinced.

We are impatient for results.

That's the only way to do it—go.

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Don't accept the limitations of other people who claim things are 'unchangeable'. If it's written in stone, bring your hammer and chisel.

Stubborness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from won't power to will power.