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Quotes About Determination

At any rate, it was pretty inspiring. If Sharlee could shake off any doubts about herself and her abilities, he figured he ought to be able to do the same.
~ Derek Jeter
This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is." "Okay." Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?" "No, only joking. Do your worst.
~ Derek Landy
Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first.
~ Derek Landy
Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.
~ Derek Landy
They faced each other. 'I'm going to enjoy this,'Melancholia said. 'I daresay I'm not.
~ Derek Landy
Serpine underestimates you. Everyone underestimates you. You're stronger than they know. You're stronger than you know - Skulduggery
~ Derek Landy
There's no such thing as winning or losing. There is a won and there is a lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for - Skulduggery Pleasant
~ Derek Landy
I swear, Skulduggery, you either give me a straight answer or I'm finding the biggest dog you've ever seen and I'm going to make him dig a hole and bury you in it.
~ Derek Landy
You haven't trained in magic or combat, but you're not weak. Serpine underestimates you. Everyone underestimates you. You're stronger than they know. You're stronger than you know." "I wish you were right." "Of course I'm right. I'm me.
~ Derek Landy
Well, I don't plan on dying anytime soon, and I've got something he didn't." "And that is...?" "Your hat. Take me with you, or I'll stand on it.
~ Derek Landy
Eventually, they decided that they wanted to
~ Derek Landy
The main difference between her and her friends was not the magic, she knew, and nor was it the adventure. It was the fact that she knew what she wanted to do with her life, and she was already doing it.
~ Derek Landy
She wasn't going to let the voice win today. She wasn't going to let all those bad feelings come crashing down on her, like they had so many times in the past. She was getting better.
~ Derek Landy
The thought has occurred to me that maybe you'll only start flying when you absolutely need to,
~ Derek Landy
Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done.
~ Derek Landy
I was going right for Mantis, but then that bloody gas got in my eyes and, I don't know, some massive bloke reared up in front of me. I hit him but I swear, it was like hitting a wall." Gracious nodded. "You hit a wall." Maybury blinked at him. "I what?" "I saw it. You ran into a cloud of gas and stumbled around for a second until you reached a wall, and then you shrieked and punched it. It was very heroic.
~ Derek Landy
We do what we must. We do what we can. We do what we will. We do what we... We don't do what we won't. - Scapegrace
~ Derek Landy
Hey, Nemesis, if you're going to kill me, then kill me. Otherwise, I've got stuff to do.
~ Derek Landy
If we're going to go through with this," he said gruffly, "then hurry it up. It's not everyday I send someone into hell.
~ Derek Landy
I can't let your groin stand between me and saving lives.
~ Derek Landy
Bravery, after all, isn't the absence of fear. Bravery is the acknowledgement and the conquering of fear.
~ Derek Landy
I impressed them by attacking an entire battalion of Mevolent's troops on my own." "You slipped," said Shudder. "Stop saying that. I did not slip." "I was there. You slipped and fell down the hill and rolled into their camp." "Aggressively. I rolled aggressively into their camp." "I had to save you." "Why do you always say it like that?
~ Derek Landy
If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.
~ George Polya
Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.
~ Ed Parker