Quotes About Determination

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Every man I had seen who seemed brave in facing another's sword had been either desperate to obtain something or to escape something. I could not think of a single exception. If desperation was not involved, men fought with very clear heads, and there was little bravery about it: none was required because they did not choose to act unless the odds of success were well in their favor.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Thread softly because you tread on my dreams.

What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass.

Barach. There, he is down! He is up again! He is going out into the deep water.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

It will soon be found that the principal value of the training lies not so much in the actual physical holds or breaks, but in the psychological reaction which engenders and fosters the necessary attitude of mind which refuses to admit defeat and is determined to achieve victory.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too.

The common belief that everyone can do anything if they just try hard enough is a formula for inefficiency at best and for complete failure at worst.

She had fouled off of the curves that life had thrown at her.

CHORUS What, never? CAPTAIN No, never! CHORUS What, never? CAPTAIN Well, hardly ever!

endless patience will never be enough the only hope is to be the daylight

Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!

I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.

Whilst there's a competition still on we're still a chance.

As long as I try, there's always a chance of getting up. It's not the end until you give up.

When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance.

We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.

I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.

I don't have to give [Donald Trump] a chance.

My approach to the races hasn't changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.

Never ever give up, even, and especially, when there is no chance of winning.

Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.