Quotes About Determination

There's a fine line between heroic persistence and foolish stubbornness. Sometimes the best kind of grit is gritting our teeth and turning around

And they act in the face of risk, because their fear of not succeeding exceeds their fear of failing.

Adam Rifkin

more like pleas from nuns about to be shown the facts of life by Bonaparte's grenadiers, than a sailor's concern for his ship.

Casement quoted an African proverb: "A man doesn't go among thorns unless a snake's after him—or he's after a snake." He added, "I'm after a snake and please God I'll scotch it.

If only more people in life said, This is what I must have.

To survive in this world, you got to be many times a coward but at least once a hero

Certainly a rope and pulley would have worked best. But not everybody around here went to Kim Il Sung University.

Adam Johnson

robe, snot running freely from her nose. "Go away," she said. "I'm afraid I can't do that," he said. "I

There are those who are born, those who are made, and then there are ones like this guy, the kind who choose.

Acts of heroism are easy—becoming a hero is a bitch.

But I held her in my heart, and would stay with her all my days, even if a great many of them were trying ones. If love dictated only in Russian, I would learn that thorny tongue.

To win their battles, these kinds of underdogs rely on their own and one another's ability to absorb violence. They find their might in their nature. They believe victory is assured by their nature, and as long as they act in accordance with their nature, they will claim it. Because they are able to fight, they must fight.

Easy as a child breathes a wish at a dandelion...is exactly how hard it would be for me to tear your limbs from their sockets.

New Years resolution: be more awesome.

But you do know, as you stand alone, handcuffed, with your eyes filled with tear gas, in front of policemen who are shaking their guns at you-you can see it clearly in the dark and starless night, thanks to your favourite poet - that the course of the avalanche depends on the stone over which it rolls. And you want to be the stone that will reverse the course of events.

Failure is always an option.

Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back

You've got mountains of your own, I'll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You've got a better grip than you realize.

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

This story in my head is too hot to touch. I grabbed it anyway.

couldn't quite exorcise

That's exactly what I'll do, I thought to myself. After dinner, I'm going to ask Big Brother to teach me how to read this map. With Aunt Baba still in Tianjin, there's obviously nobody looking out for me. I'll just have to find my own way.