Quotes About Determination

Um, uh, gah.

Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don't think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)

He had a note excusing him from PE for the rest of his life because he had some kind of muscular disease in his legs. He walked funny, like every step hurt him, but don't let that fool you. You should've seen him run when it was enchilada day in the cafeteria.

What? You run? Coward! Stand still and die!" Percy had no intention of doing that.

I'm all about doing the impossible.

Then something occurred to me. Get closer, I told Blackjack. He whinnied in protest. Just within shouting distance, I said. I need to talk to the statue. Now I'm sure you've lost it, boss, Blackjack said

No, I said. I choose the prophecy. It will be about me. Why are you saying that? she cried. You want to be responsible for the whole world? It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say that. I knew I had to step up and claim it. I can't let Nico be in any more danger, I said. I owe that much to his sister. I…let them both down. I'm not going to let that poor kid suffer any more.

It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not...

What did he say? Hazel asked. With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top, Percy replied.

The future for Commander Tool Belt was not looking so hot.

He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.

I'm just a kid, Chiron, I said miserably. What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos? Chiron managed a smile. 'What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.

Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror.

Conquer or die.

You'd think he'd ran out off rocks, I muttered

Sure, they only had ten days to stop the giants from waking Gaia. Sure, he could die before dinnertime. But he loved being told that something was impossible. It was like someone handing him a lemon meringue pie and telling him not to throw it. He just couldn't resist the challenge.

Yeah! Bring it on lake!

If I'm going to burn, I might as well burn bright. This is for Jason.

Good luck is a sham. True success requires sacrifice.

Blades before babes, you know what I'm saying?

Chiron probably wanted me to say, Heck it wa nothing. I eat hellhounds for breakfast. But I didn't feel like lying.

Without you, I doubt Percy could find a way out of a paper bag.' 'True', Annabeth agreed. 'Hey!' Percy complained.

You put the Set animal in your locker? Do you know how much strength that requires?" "Yeah," I said. "I was there.

It's not important," Silena insisted. "We have to find Charlie!" Another first: a child of Aphrodite uninterested in jewellery.