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Quotes About Determination

If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.
~ Tariq Ramadan, What I Believe
Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Never quit politicking and never underestimate your opponent.
~ Gus Franklin Mutscher
Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
~ Paul Johnson
In politics, one is never finished. Look at me!
~ Alain Juppe
No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.
~ Richard M. Nixon
He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite.
~ H. L. Mencken
If you want to be President, decide it at the age of five, and then live accordingly.
~ Helen Thomas
In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind-but he must get there first.
~ John Steinbeck
One of the things that has always been my undoing in politics is my readiness to do whatever job has to be done.
~ Judy LaMarsh
The lady's not for turning.
~ Margaret Thatcher
The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as conscience, sworn oaths, justice, duty...
~ Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
~ Sachin Tendulkar
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
~ Confucius
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
~ Stephen Covey
You can do anything you set your mind to.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
~ Og Mandino
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
~ St. Jerome
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
~ Napoleon Hill
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tell me how I stay positive When they never see good in me
~ Kendrick Lamar
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
~ Thomas A. Edison