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Quotes About Determination

...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No.
~ Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies
Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in all writing, and among the best writers.
~ William Strunk Jr.
Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
~ Dottie Walters
If anyone can overcome a fear for the ocean, you can, little lady. Courage is being scared to death and saddlin' up anyway.
~ Colleen Houck, Tiger's Voyage
But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That's what was great about them. They tried. Not many do.
~ Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup.
~ Wayne Rooney
Do not for one repulse, forego the purpose That you resolved to effect.
~ William Shakespeare
The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.
~ Winston Churchill
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.
~ Albert Schweitzer
I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb.
~ Alex Ferguson
Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery
~ Anne Frank
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
~ Charles Henry Parkhurst
Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.
~ Danielle Fotopoulos
People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.
~ David Beckham
It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.
~ Epictetus
When people talk about successful retailers and those that are not so successful, the customer determines at the end of the day who is successful and for what reason.
~ Gerry Harvey
Play every game as if it's your last one
~ Guy Lafleur
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
~ Henry James
What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.
~ Henry Parry Liddon
All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.
~ James Taylor
Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.
~ Katherine Paterson
I think the reason why I'm the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.
~ LeBron James
If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.
~ Mae West
Quitting is leading too.
~ Nelson Mandela