Quotes About Determination

men bowed, being unable to force the issue. As Sethirkhopeshef

And what is our trickery, shrewdness, courage, obduracy? What else but - mind!

Charisma knows only inner determination and inner restraint…. The charismatic leader gains and maintains authority solely by proving his strength in life.

Sólo quien está seguro de no quebrarse cuando, desde su punto de vista, el mundo se muestra demasiado estúpido o demasiado abyecto para lo que él le ofrece; sólo quien frente a todo esto es capaz de responder con un «sin embargo»; sólo un hombre de esta forma construido tiene «vocación» para la política.

Let the storm rage ever stronger!

What was love if it wasn't their own dauntless spirits pushing them toward their heart's desire?

I may be ugly and clumsy, but one thing I'm not, I'm not retarded.

Maxine Rose Schur

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.

We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Get yourself a goal worth working for.

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

Remember, above all, that the key to any crisis situation is you.

If you can remember, worry, or tie your shoe, you can succeed.

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one. —Elbert Hubbard

Do not allow yourself to become discouraged if nothing seems to happen when you set about practicing the various techniques outlined in this book for changing your self-image.

If you want really to do your best in an examination, fling away the book the day before, say to yourself, 'I won't waste another minute on this miserable thing, and I don't care an iota whether I succeed or not.

You can have many goals, but concentrating on just one at a time will help you accomplish far more than attempting to focus on many at once. Get the fire of desire started within being single-minded about one goal and the flame will naturally spread to the others without you forcing it. 4.

I failed once in the past, so I will probably fail in the future" is neither logical nor rational. To conclude "I can't" in advance, without trying, and in the absence of any evidence to support the inevitability of failure, is not rational. We should be more like the man who was asked if he could play the piano. "I don't know," he said. "What do you mean you don't know?" he was asked. "I have never tried," he replied.

You may not control all of the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I am with you kid. Let's go."

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming.

There were times when it was said that I had more determination than talent. This may be said of many. It may also be said that life loves the person who dares to live it.