Quotes About Determination

no matter what, always expect suffering, and just keep working hard.

In life, there was so much insult and injury, and she had no choice but to collect what was hers.

I try not to cry, because it doesn't seem to make any difference. And whenever I do, I shut my eyes to make it stop.

Reading Group Guide "History has failed us, but no matter." How does the opening line reflect

Every morning, Mozasu and his men tinkered with the machines to fix the outcomes—there could only be a few winners and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones.

Seeds, blood. How could you fight such hopeless ideas?

Man, life's going to keep pushing you around, but you have to keep playing.

bad and went to work! Maybe there's

Hoonie used to listen carefully to all the men who brought him news, and he would nod, exhale resolutely, and then get up to take care of the chores. "No matter," he would say, "no matter." Whether China capitulated or avenged itself, the weeds would have to be pulled from the vegetable garden, rope sandals would need to be woven if they were to have shoes, and the thieves who tried often to steal their few chickens had to be kept away.

she was sixteen years old, not a scared child.

Leave the others if you have to.

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always expect suffering, and just keep working hard

but dirt remained beneath her nails.

MAN is a slave only to his own mental lethargy.

What about you, Cutter? What is it you like to do? Somehow I think serving pancakes and writing about funerals is not your life's ambition." "There's nothing wrong with good honest work. And it is hard work living the life you want, especially if people keep interfering, trying to take it from you.

Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling - that there's nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can.

People get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding. People do not get scared when you're failing. It calms them. But when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late. And since they didn't, they want to stop you. You can't let them.

Even in my revenge fantasy where all I do is exercise, I can still do only twenty-five pull-ups. Pull-ups are tough, no joke.

Work hard, know your shit, show your shit, and then feel entitled.

sometimes you like the idea of someone so much, you just want to do whatever it takes to make it work.

I had placed a lot of faith in Woody Allen's belief that 80 percent of success is just showing up. I said to myself: Are you serious? 80 percent? Sure, I can just show up. Here I am, New York! Give me a job!

If you believe in yourself and work hard, you have a fighting shot at having your dreams come true.

But when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late. And since they didn't, they want to stop you. You can't let them.