Quotes About Determination

He's telling himself, I was so close. I was there. The finish line! He's living in the past, and I'm in the present. He's thinking. I'm feeling. Don't thing, Andre. Hit harder.

He's telling himself, I was so close. I was there. The finish line! He's living in the past, and I'm in the present. He's thinking. I'm feeling. Don't think, Andre. Hit harder.

Mandela said once in an interview: No matter where you are in life, there is always more journey ahead. And I think of one of Mandela's favorite quotes, from the poem Invictus, which sustained him during those moments when he thought his journey had been cut short: I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

But my eyelids are heavy. I fight to keep them open, fight as always the loss of control, which feels like the ultimate loss of choice.

Maybe they're confused because I don't tell them the full story, don't explain my full motivation. I can't, since I'm only slowly becoming aware of it myself. I play and keep playing because I choose to play. Even if it's not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.

Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don't write at all.

But I'd run two miles and when I stepped inside our cool, dark house, I yelled up the stairs to Mom, "I ran two miles with Daddy, Mom! I'm strong! I'm strong!" And I punched the wall and could feel the plaster and lath behind the wallpaper, though I had no words for them.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us; we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry us through the trials which may lie ahead.

You don't have to announce, 'you're coming,' just come. You don't have to announce, 'I'm next,' just be next. You don't have to scream, 'give me my respect…' you have to earn that.

Your brilliant first flop was a raging success! Come on, let's get busy and on to the next!" She handed a notebook to Rosie Revere, who smiled at her aunt as it all became clear. Life might have its failures, but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit.

Life might have its failures, but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit.

Your brilliant first flow was a raging success! Come on, let's get busy and on to the next!" She handed a notebook to Rosie Revere, who smiled at her aunt as it all became clear. Life might have its failures, but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit.

The only true failure can come if you quit.

He was convinced he would keep his word. Not because he feared for his health, but because one cannot break a promise made to one's guardian angel. And he resumed the climb.

I pledge allegiance to perspiration …

If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.

Why you wan' the whole world when ya have a likkle piece a hope here? Stay. Stay and fight, man. Fight till you look 'pon what you wan' see.

You know why you keep losing, 'cause, guess what, you're a fucking loser.

She'd survived because the fire inside of her burned brighter than the fire(s) around her.

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight…