Quotes About Determination

She is carrying herself through the day, and it's not an easy task.

There is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.

Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse.

I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you

if my whole world is going to crash down around me, then i am going to make the sound of the crashing

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

Everyone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough.

Your life is inescapable. Unless you decide to escape it.

traverse , v. You started to cry, and I quickly said, No -- I mean this part is over. We have to get to the next part. And you said, I'm not sure we can. Without even having to think about it, I replied, Of course we can. How can you be so sure? you asked. And I said, I'm sure. Isn't that enough?

Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.

Tell me a way you think this can work. We'll find a way, I tell her. That's not an answer. It's a hope. Hope's gotten us this far. Not answers.

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right.

It is always an act of desperation, and I keep asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

better , adj. and adv. Will it ever get better? It better. Will it ever get better? It better. Will it ever get better? It better.

I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

As that famous homosexual Winston Churchill once said, if you find yourself heartbroken, keep walking.

obstinate , adj . Sometimes it becomes a contest: Which is more stubborn, the love or the two arguing people caught within it?

Doubt is an acceptable risk for happiness.

She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is. I think I understand her—for a moment, I presume to understand her—but then, from within this sadness, she surprises me with a brief flash of determination. Bravery, even.

It's up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

Easy things are worthless, Laurie says. and I realzie he's talking to both Sean and me. It's the hard things that matter. Those are the things worth leaping for.

i want him to give up, no. no, i don't.

So we must buck up, put on a kind face, and get on with it.

You don't need to know how. You just make up your mind and it happens.