Quotes About Determination

Samuel said, "One day we'll sit and you'll lay it out on the table, neat like a solitaire deck, but now—why, you can't find all the cards.

For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism— either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. This last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma.

Fear the time when the bombs stop falling while the bombers live- for every bomb is proof that the spirit has not died. And fear the time when the strikes stop while the great owners live- for every little beaten strike is proof that the step is being taken. And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept...

I say to you, without pleasure, that this son of ours will be a great man, because -- well -- because he is not very intelligent. He can see only one desire at a time. I said he tested his dreams; he will murder every dream with the implacable arrows of his will. This boy will win to every goal of his aiming; for he can realize no thought, no reason, but his own. And I am sorry for his coming greatness...

Chorar é fácil; o difícil é aguentar firme.

timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.' Don't you

I can do anything when my will is clean and straight. Anything.

We're jus' huntin' skunks under water.

Tom grinned. "It don't take no nerve to do somepin when there ain't nothin' else you can do.

Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry.

don't mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don't want to get nibbled to death. There's a difference.

Alf was a jack-of-all-trades, carpenter, tinsmith, blacksmith, electrician, plasterer, scissors grinder, and cobbler. Alf could do anything, and as a result he was a financial failure although he worked all the time.

Ä°ÅŸ 'yapabilir miyiz'e dayan?rsa, hiçbir ÅŸey yapamay?z. Ama iÅŸ 'yapar?z'a gelirse, o zaman istediÄŸimiz ÅŸeyi yapar?z.

Her faith is a mountain, and you, my son, haven't even got a shovel yet.

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what kepes us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be.

I guess sometimes you just have to fight your battles.

There was to be no further talk of damning her eyes or of her interfering with his riding his own line. He was only too anxious to pilot her again if she would allow it. She for her part had no doubt that there at last she had found, at least so far as crossing a country went, the man she was looking for.

The biggest risk is that a lot of people will try to talk you out of pursuing your dream. The world has too many people who are happy to discuss why something might not work, and too few who will cheer you and say, I'm there for you. The more time you spend navel-gazing, the longer you give those negative gravitational forces to keep you in their tether.

Sometimes, it's really important to move with all deliberate speed. If there is something out there that you want to do to make the world a better place, don't focus on the obstacles. Don't ask for permission. Just dive in. Don't let the naysayers get you down.

Look, there are two ways to remove a Band-Aid: slowly and painfully, or quickly and painfully. Your choice.

We had a policy of no looking back. Once a decision was made, all members of our team were expected to stop talking about obstacles and instead focus intensely on solutions. Don't tell us all the reasons this might not work. Tell us all the ways it could work.

If that's what you want to do, then you should go do it-and do it well.

Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.