Quotes About Determination

I'd seen Simmon pursue nearly every woman within three miles of the University with the doomed enthusiasm of a child trying to fly.

Keys were hardly known for their complacency, and this one was near howling for a lock.

The secret is to concentrate on what you're doing. Don't look at the ground. Don't look over your shoulder. Ignore the world and trust it to return the favor.

El secreto consiste en concentrarte en lo que estás haciendo. No debes mirar al suelo. No debes girar la cabeza. Debes olvidarte del mundo y confiar en que el mundo te devuelva el favor.

My greatest successes came from decisions I made when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right. Even if there was no good explanation for what I did." He smiled wistfully. "Even if there were very good reasons for me not to do what I did." Bast

but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed

But at the end of the day,

I imagine I could do anything," I said easily. "If you would ask it of me.

This isn't the hand of some swooning princess who sits tatting lace and waiting for some prince to save her. This is the hand of a woman who would climb a rope of her own hair to freedom, or kill a captor ogre in his sleep." I looked into her eyes. "And this is the hand of a woman who would have made it through the fire on her own if I hadn't been there. Singed perhaps, but safe.

You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless.

Still, it was sulk or sail.

I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain.

Eso es lo que de verdad distingue a la nobleza: el convencimiento de que pueden hacer cualquier cosa, ya sea teñir pieles, herrar un caballo, manejar un torno de cerámica, arar un campo... Solo necesitan querer hacerlo.

If he's fool enough to take a poke at me, I'll snap the finger clean off that does the poking.

My Alar is like the ocean in a storm.

He beat you." And as I spoke the words I felt a terrible anger come together inside me. It wasn't hot and furious, as some of my flashes of temper tend to be. This was different, slow and cold.

The earth would crack and swallow this glittering, self-important place before I would show a trace of despair.

It's a good sign when a student goes chasing the wind and catches it,

Além disso, a raiva é capaz de nos manter aquecidos durante a noite, e o orgulho ferido pode instigar um homem a fazer coisas maravilhosas.

I'm willing to lose some sleep if it comes to that. I can't think of the last time I shared the company of a woman who speaks her mind firmly and without hesitation. Your kind are in short supply these days.

If whatever you're going to do is wrong, you might as well do whatever you want.

put his back into it, he managed to slide it slowly

It felt wrong giving up without trying everything possible.

weigh your risks. How badly do you want it, how badly are you willing to be burned?