Quotes About Determination

The greatest victory for man is not that his dreams were fulfilled but it is that to stand upright even when none of his dreams were fulfilled!

The high courage of a single man is an army all by itself!

The key to success in every field is to hate failure in every way.

The moment you let your courage leave you, you turn to an abandoned old house!

The more people challenge us, the more power we gain. We become stronger not under the tiny raindrops but under the huge hailstone!

The most magical key for success is this simple sentence: I can do it! Repeat this in your mind! I can do it! I can do it! I can do it!

The purpose of life is to pass the frontiers! Attack the frontiers to go beyond them with the determination of a bull attacking the red colour!

The real traveller is the one who continues his journey even when the road ends!

The simplest secret of reaching any place is to start walking! If people say you can't reach there, close your ears to them and continue walking!

The system wants you to be either a bow or an arrow; refuse both, because there is a third choice: To be an archer!

The world may not care about you! Cope with this fact! Stand strong like a rock! Keep walking; the road to happiness will mysteriously appear before you!

There is one thing sure about life: Life will push us hardly many times! When you are pushed, don't be surprised; stay firm like a plane tree or be elastic like a bamboo!

There might be too many stairs to go up; ignore the stairs!

We can bear the sun not to set, but we cannot bear the sun not to rise!

We can drink soup with a fork, it will only take long time! As long as we are patient, we can drink it even with a tiny pin!

We don't move with our legs and arms, but with courage and will power.

You can't get the taste of winning in a running competition with a turtle!

You don't walk with your feet; you walk with your courage! No courage, no walking!

My mother left home in the manner that characterized everything she did: with a decision that swelled and ripened slowly and once made could be rescinded by no one. She would sit at the kitchen table with a large sheet of paper that she would divide into two columns. At the top of one she would write FOR and at the top of the other AGAINST...She made her lists, counted on her fingers, and made her decision only after tabulating and weighing.

In spite of this, he will reach his heart's desire with wondrous precision.

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.

I was at my best when I was backed into a corner. Like a cornered rat I had to somehow jump out of it. I would never surrender. Carl knew he would never get the same answer twice, and I loved to surprise him. Carl: Who is the favorite of all your girlfriends of all time? Mel: Shirley. Carl: What was so special about Shirley? Mel: Her friend Leila. Carl hit the floor.

My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.