Quotes About Determination

It had been so long, a full five months since he'd left. Since she had tossed him from the property. What would she say when she saw him? He feared she'd kick him from her land without giving him a chance to explain. Travis wiped his sweaty palms down the length of his thigh. She'd hear him out whether she wanted to or not. He'd tossed her over his shoulder once before, and he'd do it again. He loved her, and it was time she believed it.

She was strong. She was brave. She could feel the fear and do it anyway. God would provide all she needed.

They fought to smile through the lines and the mud and the long hours, dancing under the stars and under the watchful eyes of their government, an Orwellian backdrop for a Rockwellian world.

Whether or not you agree with the outcome, the tremendous amount that the Manhattan Project accomplished in such a short amount of time–just under three years–is astonishing. It makes you wonder what other kinds of things could be accomplished with that kind of determination, effort, and financial and political support. What if the kind of money, manpower, and resources that went into the Manhattan Project went into the fight against hunger? Cancer? Homelessness?

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But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.

He was determined to take responsibility but he was just a cog. She'd seen that many times before. It was a belief often borne of a traumatic childhood, it was so much more manageable to believe himself bad than the world.

I hadn't inherited my fate. I didn't need to pass it on to my girls. None of it was inevitable.

I know it's hard, but that's the way it has to be.

Don't let people tell you your ideas are stupid. If you're really passionate about something, find a way to build it.

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

Benjamin Mays, president emeritus of Morehouse College: "Not to reach one's goals is not nearly as bad as having no goal to reach.

Everything must be sacrificed for the attainment of the goal.

So it is with life. It takes some rough spots in your life to make you go your farthest.

The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours.

When he finished his talk, I ran up to the front of the room, introduced myself, and just blurted out, "You're talking about it, I'm doing it! Let's get together! This is fantastic!" Minutes later, I just ran. I ran outside on pure adrenaline and threw up in the parking lot.

a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses' only results. —ART TUROCK

If the West believed in something, it would prevail overnight. The problem is you can't beat bad faith with no faith.

I'll be the judge of my own manliness

My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.

God had bestowed on him a snowy whiteness of complexion and an enviable determination.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.