Quotes About Determination

Il n'est toutefois de véritable élévation que conquise, de puissance et de gloire vraies qu'individuelles, forgées par la volonté et le travail. La presse qui promet l'une et l'autre ne saurait faire tomber dans son miroir à alouettes que les médiocres et les faibles. Balzac la condamne comme une fausse école d'ambition. (p. 149)

the most important thing to be successful is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

If Columbus had an advisory committee, he would probably still be at the dock.

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

When in doubt, head into the wind.

awakened her.

if a man ain't got the heart inside, it don't make no difference how big around the chest he measures.

A fitted shoe is a right good shoe," said the old man, enthusiastically. "I'll fit that shoe to the breadth of a hair." "And you'll be all the night about it," declared the son. "Better a late start than a never ending," said the father.

A thing half done is a game not won," said he. "If there's only one window in the house unlocked the devil may fly through it as easy as if the whole place was open.

It ain't every hand that can move as fast as the eye can jump, and faster. But patience climbs the highest hill and—

He softened his voice. "Gaspar," he said, "keep your head up. Make up your mind that you'll fight to the last gasp. Why, it makes me plumb sick to see a grown man give up like you do!

When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.

They didn't break me. I broke myself.

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I don't come with the wheelchair. The wheelchair comes with me.

Max E. Anders

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

You may be amazed at how tough you can become with a little practice – and that will be an extra reward of the risk-taker's way of life.

Optimism is the elixir of life for the weak.

Winston Churchill, the towering personality of the forces of light.

Horace Walpole wrote in the mid-eighteenth century: 'No great country was ever saved by good men, because good men will not go to the lengths that may be necessary.

Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there -- or failing to get there.

To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.