Quotes About Determination

Yo me digo que no, que no es el ocio lo que preciso sino el derecho a trabajar en aquello que quiero.

Mirá Agustín, con las amenazas pasa como con los perros bravos: si les tenés miedo, se te echan encima. Si en camio los afrontás con serenidad, entonces te respetan.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

But now I know the things I know, And do the things I do; And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you!

All the kick-ass girls have red hair.

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

The heart always finds a way.

But in the same way that she wanted a marriage and a profession, she was determined that motherhood would not be the end of her career.

nuclear flash in the night. She has been ready for this, more than ready, for a long time. Chasing was good, but never good

Don't go gittin faintified on me.

Now I shore as the devil won't waste no time tootlin' him. You know me better'n that. You know I'm made outen whale-bone and hell.' 'Ain't the whalebone gittin' a mite limber?' ''Tis, but the hell's hot as ever.

You always knew what you had to do. No one ever told you. You had the resolve even then. Nor were you afraid of the dark or what waited for you there. But sometimes, I wish you had been.

I was security. A good right hook. A thousand yard stare.

I've got a black-belt in crazy, and I know where you live.

Nothing so bad you need to be cruel. Tough, yes. You'll have to kill, yes. But there's a difference in the heart. One makes you mean. The other keeps you going.

There was an art to living, and sometimes it required the inexorable, relentless resolve just to keep plowing forward, one step at a time, no matter what the hell it was you were doing.

Miri forced herself to remain very still. Never run from immortals, she remembered; her favorite line from a favorite movie. Never run.

Stick to a task, 'til it sticks to you. Beginners are many, finishers are few." -Anonymous, as quoted in Small and Simple Things.

All things are possible to him that believeth.

And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.

she doesn't settle for less than her soul deserves; she is brave and beautiful, tender and fierce; And when she sets her sights on something, she doesn't stop dreaming until it's true.

Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.