Quotes About Determination

If she wanted to go back to Boston so damn bad, she should just do it. He said this knowing full well she wouldn't, for it was the particular curse of the Whiting men that their wives remained loyal to them out of spite. By

The offspring of two bookish parents, I made up my mind as a boy that I would be as unlike them as I could. I was determined not, as an adult, to look up from a book with that confused, abstracted, disappointed expression that my parents shared when jolted out of book life into real life.

Anne herself was no stranger to adversity, but she had always hated any situation that could only be endured. She was able to summon the necessary courage for a bold, confident stroke, but simply getting by left her dispirited, and it seemed that the older she got, the more frequent these situations became.

If you were going to be reckless in this life, you needed total commitment to the principle.

How, he couldn't help wondering, did you get to be this woman's age and still believe, as she apparently did, that everything meant something? She was obviously one of those people who just soldiered on, determined to believe whatever gave them comfort in the face of all contrary evidence. And maybe that wasn't so dumb. The attraction of cynicism was that it so often put you in the right, as if being right led directly to happiness.

character cries out accusingly at Grofield, "God damn it, all you want to do is die a smart-ass!" (177). The net

said, "All right, I give up. We have to drive to Acapulco, and we have to take the only road, and I don't see how we're going to get there." "What we'll do," he said, "is drive as far as Taxco, and then scout the territory. We can't make plans of our own until we know how they're set up. And they've got to be south of Taxco

This is crazy, he said. You don't just shoot people. Yes I do, Parker said.

Visualize Yourself Doing, Not Achieving.

threats of war can frighten into submission no one who is determined to resist. They can only place the threat-makers in a more isolated and confused position.

A writer who hasn't written anything worth-while is a most doubtful person.

Rick Mofina

I was bent on love the way a crow is bent on a flattened squirrel.

I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.

Keep climbing,' he told himself. 'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied. 'Shut up,' he thought. 'With fries,' his stomach complained.

I couldn't believe I'd come this far, lost Tyson, suffered through so much, only to fail - stopped by a big stupid monster in a baby-blue tuxedo kilt. Nobody was going to swat down my friends like that! I mean...nobody, not Nobody. Ah, you know what I mean.

Race you to the road? I said. You are so going to lose. She (Annabeth) took off down Half-Blood Hill and I sprinted after her. For once, I didn't look back.

But you'll be killed! I'll be fine. Besides, we've got no choice. Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. And then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me.

Being a hero doesn't mean you're invincible. It just means that you're brave enough to stand up and do what's needed.

Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

I am never, ever, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.

You're not getting away from me. Never again.

She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a girl who didn't mind getting her hands dirty. But of course, that was just a general comment. Didn't apply to Calypso. Obviously.

Don't untie me, she said, no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself. Are you trying to tempt me? Ha-ha.