Quotes About Determination

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.

Leadership is not for the faint of heart

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you're going to finish.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you've been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.

The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

All you can do is all you can do, but all you can do is enough.

Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

Courage! Do not fall back.

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.