Quotes About Determination

I would not swear that my argument is right down to the last word, but I would fight to the last breath, both in word and deed, that we will be better men – brave instead of lazy – if we will believe we must search for the things we do not know; if we will refuse to believe it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that there is no point in looking.

It isn't, I said. However, it is a fact that whether one falls into a little swimming pool or into the middle of the biggest sea, one nevertheless swims all the time. Most certainly. Then we too must swim and try to save ourselves from the argument, hoping that some dolphin might take us on his back or for some other unusual rescue.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Researchers have found that the more people focus on their odds of winning, the less likely they'll go for it. But the more they focus on what they'll win if they succeed, the more likely they'll go for it.

Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy, when you come right down to it, not lettin' the fear get you so turned around you start doin' stupid things, instead of what you know you ought to do.

Out here the wild things are healthy, the old trees whose roots find sustenance far below the ill-used layer of topsoil, the occasional rosebush gone to green thicket and thorns, the unstoppable kudzu. It is as if they have decided to take back the land for their own.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. So let us mark this day with remebrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.

President Barack Obama

Let it be said by our children's children thta when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried frth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

Ask... seek... knock... and the dream shall be yours.

If I'm not for myself, who will be for me? If not this way, how? If not now, when?

The truck went on its way in the night and Gedaleh shouted, laughing, If not this way, how? And if not now, when?

He understood before any of us that this life is war; he permitted himself no indulgences, he lost no time complaining or commiserating with himself and with others, but entered the battle from the beginning.

In the midst of the smoke and noise Dov shouted into his ear: Empty the gun now. Don't hold back. We're fighting for three lines in the history books.

Those who saw the famous film The Bridge on the River Kwai will remember the absurd zeal with which the English officer, prisoner of the Japanese, strives to build an audacious wooden bridge for them and is shocked when he realizes that the English sappers have mined it. So you see, love for a job well done is a deeply ambiguous virtue.

It's just that sometimes, he said, even when the right answer is smack in front of you, you got to reach deep inside yourself to act on it. You know what I'm sayin'?

Priscilla Cummings

Ah. A virtual impossibility. Just the sort of challenge Ruwach loves

It was a kind face, and yet it was strong and fearless too.

She must come through on her own," said Ruwach calmly. "Others can call her, and I can make it accessible for her, but she must make the choice on her own.

Because you believed even though you did not see, you will now have the ability to see things that the others did not believe.

The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.

Pugachov sonrió amargamente. —No, ya es tarde para arrepentirse. No habrá perdón para mí. Continuaré lo que he empezado. ¡Quién sabe! ¡A lo mejor lo consigo!

After all, a man is only what he has decided to do, or not to do.