Quotes About Determination

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

I am condemned to be free.

Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

May your passion be the kernel of corn stuck between your molars, always reminding you there's something to tend to.

Life has no auto-settings. No batteries. You gots to wind it up!

If the light in your life has changed to yellow, I recommend you floor it. It's safer than the alternative.

What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural lovings and longings, I so keep pushing, and crowding, and jamming myself on all the time; recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare?

Focus on what you believe and what you want to create, regardless of the blowback.

I'm sympathetic with new writers who focus so much on the beginning. That's what you show friends or beta readers to see if you are just wasting your time or if there's something there. But you won't really know until you finish the whole book.

There is a time on every job where you say, Screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.

Success is rarely determined by the quality of your ideas. But it is frequently determined by the quality of your execution.

Either do it or don't do it. You'll regret it either way

That blank sheet of paper stage is one of the hardest stages, and one of the reasons it's hard is because at that stage there's nobody counting on you but yourself ... it's really just you, and you can quit any time. Nobody is going to care.

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality

Once taken off one task without completing the transaction, the mind continues to seek closure. Fight to stay focused on the task at hand.

Achieving simplicity begins with the basic notion that you're the captain of your fate: you are in control, steer the rudder, pull the lever, flip the switch, and call the shots.

When facing a challenge, employ language that empowers you rather than leaves you in a quandary – rather than ask, "what can I do?", ask yourself "what will I do?

Don't let life's events determine your attitude, let your attitude determine your life..

When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going there was no reason to quit.

He felt that anything he wanted ought to be his no matter what.

Nothing will cost you more in life than a predetermined belief that things aren't going to work out.

Cara's stomach knotted with anger, and a strange sort of hunger. Let's see who the fittest is now, Dad.