Quotes About Determination

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.

Be black, shine, aim high.

Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back

Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.

We are about to change history, said Saphira. We're throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but what a glorious flight! (Eragon to Saphira)

My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.

All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.

It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list! My ideas were right, but I hadn't done them fast enough.

History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.

It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

I wake up ready to right and I feel like I'm on the right side of history every day.