Quotes About Determination

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.

Pro wrestling is what my dad did.

My Rich Dad said, 'All of us have the power of choice. I choose to be rich, and I make that choice every day.'

My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

Back in high school I told my dad, "I'm going to have a computer someday." And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, "Well, I'll live in an apartment."

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum .

My Dad was overweight and unhealthy, and he died young. I wasn't going to let that happen to me.

When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'

I've always written my own scripts, I really like doing everything from the beginning and taking it all the way through, I've probably learned that from my dad.

I used to help my dad with a stall selling eggs when I was about 12. People were so hard up they would ask for one egg. But mostly no one came by at all. It was very demoralising.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

Our dad made everything competitive for me and brother. It always was a world championship, a national championship, Big 10 championship. It was always at stake in everything we did.

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.

My most important professional accomplishment to date is the ability to keep working with absolutely no skills whatsoever.

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, achieve them; but others seem by necessity to have dates thrust upon them.

If I have to die tonight,if this weight is going to kill me tonight,so be it! I am dying where I wanna be

Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in!

I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his honour and that of his country, Victory or death.