Quotes About Determination

All of us are not born with equal opportunities. But over a period of time, regardless of our parentage, place of birth, prospects in our communities, or education, the day comes when we have to make the choice to let our past teach us—or beat us.

Getting knocked down in life is a given; getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it's going ahead despite the fear.

Dac? trebuie s? ne motiv?m noi înÈ™ine, trebuie s? înfrunt?m, cu onestitate, adevaratele motive pentru care facem lucrurile pe care le facem.

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how you get up in the morning will play a big part in how high you go up in life.

When you've got a strong enough why, you can always fi nd the how.

Atitudinea ta, nu aptitudinea, este cea care determina altitudinea ta.

Don't be an 'if' thinker, be a 'how' thinker

being a winner is much different from having the potential to win. Everyone has the potential; it's what you do with that potential that really matters.

Hope is the engine of your attitude, and your attitude determines your altitude.

You can't climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

It's your ATTITUDE not your APTITUDE that ultimately determines your ALTITUDE!

Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.

I'm often asked, Which is more important--attitude or skill? The answer is that it's somewhat like asking which leg of a three-legged stool is most important. It is my complete conviction, based on a considerable amount of research, that if you have the right attitude, combined with the right skills, and build your attitude and your skills on a solid character base, you can enjoy long-lasting success.

My core philosophy on winning and motivation is summed up by saying that you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.

You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily -- you are the only one who can do it permanently.

I know what I want, because I know what I don't want.

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By the time events reach the stage where you have to stand and fight, you have to be fully prepared to put everything you've got into it and not hold anything back. You might only get one chance.

She felt, rather than saw, his eyes on her, the interplay of determination and, oddly, humor. "You aren't taking another step on this journey of yours without me. Someone's got to knit the socks.

What does one wear when one goes to give one's father hell?

Django: "Would you buy it if I told you that it's always darkest before the dawn? Or that there's a light at the end of the tunnel? Course there's always a possibility that it's an oncoming train. But still.

Quitting-it was a dirty word in a place where pilgrims had endured harsh winters and where pioneers had struggled through death and disease to create new lives. Giving up or stepping back or setting aside something you thought you wanted- it was almost a shameful act.