Quotes About Determination

situation. He was of no color, John Brown, of no race or age. He was pure passion.… He was an elemental force like wind, rain, and fire."7

Watch me do it, Jeff! Watch me do it, square!

If the whole National Guard of New Jersey comes here, with a truckload of shooting-warrants, they aren't going to get Laddie. I promise you that. I don't quite know how we are going to prevent it. But we're going to. That's a pledge. So you're not to worry.

It was a whim of hers. But Mrs. Madden was a woman of iron whim; and her husband had long ago learned to obey her

But-where in blue blazes did a thoroughbred collie ever pick up that bulldog grip?

He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current... Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success.

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

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.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll any stones out of his way, and must calmly accept his lot even if they roll a few more into it.

Wer sich vornimmt, Gutes zu wirken, darf nicht erwarten, dass die Menschen ihm deswegen Steine aus dem Weg räumen, sondern muss auf das Schicksalshafte gefasst sein, dass sie ihm welche daraufrollen.

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

Uno puede hacer de todos los sitios el sitio que uno desea si uno se concentra.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

For the working man there is no abyss...that's why he jumps.

Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

Es ist uns nicht erlaubt uns fortzustehlen, mag uns ein Gott, mag uns ein Teufel quälen.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price we think the price is worth it.