Quotes About Determination

of compromise now. It's a fight to

la guerra había hecho aflorar toda su fortaleza y su coraje

His whole body shakes with the strain as he tries to lift something he knows he can't lift, something everybody knows he can't lift. But, for just a second, when we hear the cement grind at our feet, we think, by golly, he might do it.

But I tried though, he says. Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?

He was in his chair in the corner, resting a second before he came out for the next round -- in a long line of next rounds. The thing he was fighting, you couldn't whip it for good. All you could do was keep on whipping it, till you couldn't come out anymore and somebody else had to take your place.

Then—as he was talking—a set of tail-lights going past lit up McMurphy's face, and the windshield reflected an expression that was allowed only because he figured it'd be too dark for anybody in the car to see, dreadfully tired and strained and frantic, like there wasn't enough time left for something he had to do...

It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No...never again...

Because sometimes the only way to keep from losing everything is to give everything up. Because sometimes strength must for the sake of winning give in to--

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies.

I'm accustomed to being top man. I been a bull goose catskinner for every gyppo logging operation in the Northwest and bull goose gambler all the way from Korea, was even bull goose pea weeder on that pea farm at Pendleton -- so I figure if I'm bound to be a loony, then I'm bound to be a stompdown dadgum good one.

But I tried, though," he says. "Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?

Azzal együtt megpróbáltam – mondja. – Annyi azért kitellett tÅ'lem, a büdös istenit, hogy megpróbáltam, nem igaz?

Nobody's gonna convince me I can't do something till I try it. -- McMurphy

Hell, are you birds telling me I can't lift that dinky little gizmo?' 'My friend, I don't recall anything about psychopaths being able to move mountains in addition to their other noteworthy assets.

Poate ca omul, cu cat e mai nebun, cu atat poate deveni mai puternic.

One of you guys, for cryin' out loud! This is where you get the edge, don't you see that? We have to do this—or we're whipped! Don't a one of you clucks know what I'm talking about enough to give us a hand? You, Gabriel? George? No? You, Chief, what about you?

Well, Watson.' 'Yes, Holmes? 'I believe the wheel has turned yet again–and now it's back to work!

Compromise is the seed that kills destiny.

This is the West. We expect things to be tough out here.

There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it.

Ask yourself every couple of minutes, 'Can I go harder? Can I do more?' You've got so much power. Show me.

Do the thing and you will have the power.

Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.

Sometimes it's not about speed about power, it's about up here man [points to his head]. All these guys are not with me mentally.