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Quotes About Determination

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
~ William Butler Yeats
I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.
~ Jim Rohn
To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.
~ Sugar Ray Robinson
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
~ Wayne Gretzky
Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
~ Alexis Carrel
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
~ Oprah Winfrey
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
~ Dale Carnegie
I literally wake up and try to tackle every day the best I can and do my best to try to make life as productive and positive as I can.
~ John Cena
The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
If not you, who? If not now, when?
~ Hillel the Elder
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
~ Denis Waitley
When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.
~ Sigmund Freud
There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
~ Clare Boothe Luce
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
~ Carl von Clausewitz
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
~ Marilyn vos Savant
If you think you can't, you're right.
~ Carol Bartz
If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.
~ Ruskin Bond
No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.
~ Joel Osteen
Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.
~ Pat Riley
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.
~ Harvey Mackay
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
~ Richard Petty
Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.
~ Steve Prefontaine