Quotes About Determination

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomerís army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.

Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”

But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.

But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.

In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.

Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

And David said to Saul, “Let no manís heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”