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Quotes About Determination

Can Penny come in?"  "Oh, sure! But you can tell her that she is wasting her time; the answer is still 'No.' "  So I changed my mind. Confound it, why should an argument seem so much more logical when underlined with a whiff of Jungle Lust?
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Nóó, odpovÄ›dÄ›l Zim, dejme tomu, že jediný, co máte, je n?ž. Nebo ani to ne. Co udÄ›láte? ProstÄ› se jen pomodlíte a zhebnete? Nebo do toho pudete a donutíte ho zaplatit? Synu, tohle je opravdový - nejni to žádná Å¡achová partie, kterou m?žete vzdát, když zjistíte, že už jste moc pozadu.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Rozkazy, které dostáváte, nejsou nesplnitelné, to se jenom tak zdá, protože jsou skoro nesplnitelné.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Why were you on that frequency? Because you were wearing a space suit. Why were you wearing it? Because you were determined to space. When a space ship called, you answered. If that is luck, then it is luck every time a batter hits a ball. Kip, 'good luck' follows careful preparation; 'bad luck' comes from sloppiness. You convinced a court older than Man himself that you and your kind were worth saving. Was that mere chance?
~ Robert A. Heinlein
To paraphrase Sherlock Holmes; when you have eliminated what you can't do, what remains is what you must do.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Always take an honor guard with you. If you have to go, go down fighting. The size of your guard of honor determines your status in hell.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Not bleedin' likely, Aunt Nanny Goat. I toughened my feet for karate—I can break a four-by-nine with my feet and get nary a bruise. Or run on sharp gravel.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Never try to outstubborn a cat
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Hopelessness in a worthy cause is no excuse for abandoning it. My race fought without hope for many generations … then hope appeared. You and yours may do the same.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Women are more rugged than men; they have to be.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
A person with passion typically exudes confidence, and confidence creates value for themselves and others by leading the way, not showing the way. " - David Lucatch, founder and CEO of Yappn Corp.
~ Robert Andrews
Persistence Pays - The person who is willing to keep asking for what they want, and keeps demonstrating value, is ultimately the most persuasive." – Jason Nazar, CEO and co-founder, Docstoc [8]
~ Robert Andrews
Between choices, we evidently return to the maybe state until we make another choice. Existence precedes essence, remember?
~ Robert Anton Wilson
Are you going to shake my hand,or am I going to rip your heart out?
~ Robert Asprin
Tough is what you do, more than it is how you feel about it before or after," I said. "You're tough enough.
~ Robert B. Parker
Who is he?" "Jiminy Cricket," I said. "He hangs around to make
~ Robert B. Parker
Quirk was still staring out the window. "I'm trying to keep hold of this thing," he said. "The guy isn't going to stop and
~ Robert B. Parker
Just like human life. You want something so bad you make it hard to get.
~ Robert B. Parker
Stop the whining and get to work!
~ Robert B. Parker
Being tough means looking straight at something ugly, and saying, That's ugly; I'll have to find a way to deal with it. And doing so.
~ Robert B. Parker
What I must do concerns me, not what people think.' 
~ Robert B. Parker
Perhaps the one absolute essential to growing up well is being tough enough," Susan said. "Like us," I said.
~ Robert B. Parker
When in doubt do something; and hope that if you keep doing it you'll come to understand what it is.
~ Robert B. Parker
he gets turned down oftener than the lamp in the parlor of a sailor's girlfriend.
~ Robert Bloch