Quotes About Determination

If I were a boy," Thea told him with a Southern belle smile, "people would just call me driven." "Thea." Constantine frowned at her. "Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table." This time, I couldn't bite back the snort. Point, Thea.

It wasn't just the rush or the thrill. I felt completely, utterly in control. I felt unstoppable. Like we were unstoppable.

Wo ein Wille ist, da ist auch ein Weg

On your marks, boys," Tobias Hawthorne said on the recording. "Get set. Go.

When I saw a problem, I solved it. I wouldn't stay powerless for long.

Eve reached out to stop me before I could. "Could I do this part alone?

She was tough enough to chop a hole in the ice and swim in January, so it was hard to think of her being trapped by her own mind.

We can't change things by wishing. Only by doing.

Though they hadn't posted grades yet, she knew she'd aced all the classes, even if they had been as boring as shit.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

Do whatever it takes to remind myself that I'm still here and have a say.

Let's go. Let's count for something. Let's get off that ledge.

This time will be different. This time, I will stay awake.

I think of something my mom used to say, about how as scary as it is to go after dreams, it's even scarier not to.

Too many people in this world think small is the best they can do. Not you, Libby Strout. You weren't born for small! You don't know how to do small! Small is not in you!

You need shoving, not pushing.

I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You don't have to do them all at once.

The thing I don't say is: I want to stay alive. the reason I don't say it is because, given that fat folder in front of him, he'd never believe it. And here's something else he'd never believe--I'm fighting to be here in this [crappy], messed-up world. Standing on the ledge of the bell tower isn't about dying. It's about having control. It's about never going to sleep again.

If there was one thing I hated in this world, it was folks who told you that you couldn't do something.

As tough as she is, she wants to believe in something.

Even if that something blew up in my face, I figure running toward is still better than running away

It is a new year....It is time to get...back on the camel" -Mr.Black

Your mountain is waiting. So Ã¢â'¬Â¦ get on your way!

The thing about fear,' said Cadfael, seriously considering, 'is that it is pointless. When need arises, fear is forgotten. Would you recoil from taking a leper's hand, if he needed yours, or you his, to be hauled out of danger? I doubt it. Some men would, perhaps-- but of you I doubt it. You would grip first and consider afterwards, and by then fear would be clearly a mere waste of time.