Quotes About Determination

So now we all know," says Four, quietly, "that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation." His mouth curls into a smile.

My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.

Chin up, don't smile, don't cry, don't fall, walk.

With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.

A man who smiles when he falls gives the Devil a good slap!

People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.

And stupid. Brave and Stupid." Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. "But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.

The smile he gave her was wistful, just a little lift to his mouth. "You are a fighter." ""Yes. Always. And sometimes I'm a whole army.

I know something about performing. I know that when it seems like the avalanche is about to roll over you, you face into it and keep both arms swimming as hard as you can. You smile and you sell it.

Although I am smiling and I promise I will be.

You mustn't smile when you lose. You have to be sad like other people. You have to win every game.

Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.

Be Strong, Have Faith and Always Smile .

All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!

Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.

No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes…. I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

It is so easy to be hopeful in the daytime when you can see the things you wish on. But it was night, it stayed night. Night was striding across nothingness with the whole round world in his hands . . . They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against cruel walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.

I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.

Wenn ein Mann zurueckweicht, weicht er zurueck. Eine Frau weicht nur zurueck, um besser Anlauf nehmen zu koennen.

Una mujer solo retrocede para coger carrerilla

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it.