Quotes About Determination

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity;

I made him just and right, sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.

Consult.../what reinforcement we may gain from hope,/If not, what resolution from despair.

What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not what resolution from despair.

Firm they might have stood, yet fell; remember, and fear to transgress.

47: Equal in strength, and rather then be less 48: Car'd not to be at all; with that care lost 49: Went all his fear:

Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.

Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.

As to my blindness, I would rather have mine, if it be necessary, than either theirs, More or yours.

You must believe in yourself and you must have a work ethic that equals none.

It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.

But we little know until tried, how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging us across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgement forbid as it may.

Don't be afraid of making mistakes or failing. You never really fail anyway unless you actually give up and quit!

He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the other ceases living, doth but half his work, Gal. vi. 9; Heb. xii. 1; 2 Cor. vii. 1.

The will is the sovereign faculty and power of the soul; whatever principle acts in it and determines it, that hath the rule. Notwithstanding

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage. Henry the Fifth.

Keep moving forward until we find something better to do, Hinchcliffe replied. Maybe find the nursery for the dog-demons. I'd rather kill them stillborn. I didn't know you were a Democrat, Staff Sergeant, Berg said with a grin. Don't ask, don't tell, Two-Gun.

For the anvil never cries for the iron.

Take not counsel of your fears. We need to move!

They know that they are practically unarmed. Yet they are trying to find out how to help us.

If there is a will there is an A.

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty

What Lucas would feel, instead, would be a murderous anger, an iceberg of hate. He would kill anyone who hurt Weather, Sam, or Letty. He'd be cold about it, he'd plan it, but the anger would never go away, and sooner or later, he would find them and kill them.