Quotes About Determination

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

Women are like tea bags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water. — ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

himself up, and everything around him, two streets away.

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People are naturally hardworking but will stop working hard at anything if they learn from experience that their effort makes no difference.

A hero can be afraid, but a hero never runs away.

Calvin Coolidge once said, "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

But Allison always finished what she started. It was both a saving grace and a tragic flaw.

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as quickly as possible toward them.

He was so certain it was the right thing to do. And we all know, don't we, gentlemen, of the deadliness of righteous men?

She wasn't a cowardIf she were she would have retreated back into her shell years before and pulled back entirely from life. She was a fighter. Life knocked her down, and she coped by getting up and moving on.

I can't change any of this. 'No. But you're giving up. I can see it happening.' I'm temporarily retreating, Dave. Don't worry. I'll find my sea legs again.

Dee Henderson

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Accomplishment is one part commitment, one part ability, one part persistence, and one part circumstance. Circumstance we cannot control. The rest we might.

I was stubborn like that, refusing to let my heart redefine how I operated. Looking back, there is a part of me that wants to replace the word 'stubborn' with 'reckless'; there are many things I would do differently now, but what good does it do to retrace your steps? Sometimes you simply do the things you do, and it doesn't necessarily help to pick on the "old you" by proclaiming how smart the new you is.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not.

It's up to you. What you will, will be.

One-pointed intention means holding your attention to the intended outcome with such unbending purpose that you absolutely refuse to allow obstacles to consume and dissipate the focused quality of your attention.

Sometimes one just had to forge on and let the chips fall where they may. After all, we were the ones in the trenches, investing our will, hearts, sweat, and money while the critics spent nothing but words.

It's not the load you carry but how you carry it.