Quotes About Determination

That was how the world worked, wasn't it? You set your sights on something, and life came along with a sucker punch.

I think that maybe everybody falls" I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don´t think that´s the asking"... "I think the asking is whether we get back up again

He survives, does our Todd.

But fog does not stop the Land. We simply open our voices wider, passing the small steps in front of us along and along and along, each to each, until a whole picture of the march opens in front of us and our own limited physical sight in the fog becomes a single walking vision. The Land is not blind. The Land marches.

We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.

Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and my thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my Noise like whispers of the truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

I will never let go of this knife, no matter what she says, no matter how she says it. She

The devil always outnumbers his foes," he said. "Even if he is alone.

Y él supo que era entonces. Supo que de verdad no había vuelta atrás. Que iba a pasar, independiente de lo que él quisiera, independiente de lo que sintiera. Y supo también que lo iba superar. Sería terrible. Mucho más que terrible. Pero sobreviviría

hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, too, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare to the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?

But then there's her eyes and they look at you and don't brook no arguments, don't look like they ever doubt themselves, even when they should. Maybe they're the eyes of a giant after all.

I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

It was almost over. He was almost there. He had never, not once in his life, felt this powerful.

No tienes miedo, ¿eh? - No –dijo Conor-. Por lo menos, no de ti. El monstruo entrecerró los ojos. - Ya lo tendrás –dijo-. Antes del final.

And I'll find you– You bet yer life on it– I'll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come.

A woman my age, living alone," she said, at least once a day, "if I don't keep on top of things, who will?

I don't think it's about making us fall. It's about how we get up again.

_Of course you are afraid_, the monster said, pushing him slowly forward. _And yet you will still do it._

One minute I'm standing there behind everyone and the next thing I know, I'm between Matthew and Viola, I have my knife out pointing at him, my own Noise falling like an avalanche and my mouth saying, "You best take two steps away from her and you best be taking 'em right quick.

I think everybody falls, I think we all do. And I don´t think that's the asking. I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

It's not that you should never love something so much it can control you. It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled. It's not a weakness– It's your best strength

Do you believe there's hope at the end?" I ask. "No," she says simply, looking away. "No, I don't, but I'm still going." She eyes me. "You coming with?

Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my Noise like whispers of the truth. "I think everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking. I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

When you predict the future, when you do so strongly and you cling to it, how much of the future do you then cause to happen?