Quotes About Determination

But damn, am I hella tired, Iris. Hella tired.

Visions are possibilities. Actions are the only thing able to determine our futures.

Sometimes procrastination is an action, not inaction.

I loved the terrier quality Stuart had. He thought he was such a tough guy.

Ainsi le raisonnement avance-t-il droit sur ses deux pieds boiteux

De fapt, am descoperit ?i am ?tiut foarte devreme c? trebuie s? te ba?i tot timpul. Pe toate fronturile vie?ii, pe toate mizele existen?ei, c?ci nimic nu este câ?tigat dinainte, nimic nu este dat, nimic nu e u?or. A?a e via?a, s?racii nu au niciodat? dreptate, se spunea în familie. Nu trebuie s? te la?i p?c?lit, ad?ugau vecinii. Trebuie s? ar??i c? e?ti b?rbat, supralicitau prietenii mei.

Une lutte qui semble perdue, est la plus excitante.

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

The moment a team member relaxes is the moment their opponent in the next garage or the next driver on the track is pushing harder.

Better to face the devil than have him at your back.

But when it comes to the inner situation, there is only one ingredient: you. At least you must happen the way you want.

Incredible things can be done simply because we are committed that we want it to happen, that's all.

this ain't the 4-H rodeo at the Pocahontas County Fair.... this is horse racing

No choice is the wrong choice as long as you make a choice, the only wrong choice is choosing not to make one

I'm an aspiring writer.' I hate that phrase. You're either a writer or you're not.

The ones who win usually don't need the prize.

Mr. Strike Out!

Jack was confident that this year would be different. His sister was a goalie. He was a center. They both could be great players in their own way, and he intended to prove it.

If you're going to fight, fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp to Noah's Ark. And brother, it's starting to rain. — on a t-shirt being sold by a Bangkok street vendor

It was hollow, my triumph, I could feel that, but I held on to it just the same.

But no longer could I aks God what to do, since the answer, I was sure, would not suit me. I could do what suited me know, as long as I could pay for it. 'As long as I could pay for it.' That phrase soon became the tail that wagged my dog. If I had died then, it should have been my epigraph.

plunge ahead, put one foot in front of the other, straighten your back and your shoulders and everything else that is likely to slump, buck up and go forward, and in this way, every obstacle, be it physical or only imaged, falls face down in obeisance and in absolute defeat...

this whole scene of me lying in bed and reading books would drive my mother to fits of anger, for she was sure it meant I was doomed to a life of slothfulness, but as it turned out, I was only doomed to write books other people might read.

A task like that would have killed a thoughtful person, but he went on to live a very long life.