Quotes About Determination

A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of victory

I knew then that I would not turn back. I'd struggled to come this far, and I would commit myself to whatever happened next.

Never give up, no matter what.

She had a high tolerance for pain, and a low tolerance for bullshit.

A principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

A girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

Resolved to take Fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

Since childhood, a sense of knowing right from wrong had been a steady compass for Raoul Wallenberg. This, more than the gun in his pocket, would be his courage.

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.

A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.

There is nothing that I so greatly admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people who know exactly what they are doing and where they are going. Such people are compact and integrated. They have clear edges. They give an impression of invulnerability and balance, and I wish I were one of them.

There is nothing that I so admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people who know exactly what they are doing and where they are going. Such people are compact and integrated. They have clear edges. They give an impression of invulnerability and balance, and I wish I were one of them.

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

Life is a struggle and a good spy goes in there and fights.

Harriet pushed her hair back and looked at him seriously. 'Sport, what are you going to be when you grow up?' 'You know what. You know I'm going to be a ball player.' 'Well, I'm going to be a writer. And when I say that's a mountain, that's a mountain.' Satisfied, she turned back to her town.

Well, I'm going to be a writer. And when I say that's a mountain, that's a mountain.

If you want to move to another room, you have to get up and move step by step in that direction. Just sitting in your chair and demanding that you be in the other room will not work. It's the same thing. We all want our problem to be over with, but we don't want to do the small things that will add up to the solution.

I refuse to limit myself. I am always willing to take the next step.

We are powerful, creative beings who determine our future with every thought we think and every word we speak." This

old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," is so true. It doesn't mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.

The fault lies with us, and only us. It's not fate, not genetics, not bad luck, and it's definitely not Mom and Dad. Ultimately it's us and our choices. But, but' – now her eyes shone and she almost vibrated with excitement – 'the most powerful, spectacular thing is that the solution rests with us as well. We're the only ones who can change our lives, turn them around. So all those years waiting for someone else to do it are wasted.