Quotes About Determination

Fortunately, common sense asserted itself and I vowed that I should never wait for anyone again.

But the fact that for the first time in her life she had managed to convince herself of her rights might embolden her to assert her wishes again.

You have no idea how promising the world begins to looks once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. It is the simplest thing in the world to decide what you want to do - or, rather, what you don't want to do - and just to act on that.

she used to say she would drown herself in but because she didn't, because she died, after all, in bed, I felt she was still trying to get there. A person needs to choose his death.

A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.

Dorothy looked at me and looked at me and she really said she thought my brains were a miracle. I mean she said my brains reminded her of a radio because you listen to it for days and days and you get discouradged and just when you are getting ready to smash it, something comes out that is a masterpiece.

And remember this if you ever think you're too small to be effective -- you've never been in bed with a mosquito.

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.

If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've never been to bed with a mosquito.

Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?

Most of the time the only difference between winning and losing is not quitting.

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

with Authorzilla.

I texted to ask if she wanted to try for a quiet chat again.' Jack paused. 'She said she was fine. Nothing I can't deal with. That was classic Shirley. She thought she could take on the world all by herself.' He looked up at Holly. 'Trouble was, none of the rest of us could keep up with her.

She almost hoped someone would challenge her, because she was in the mood for a fight.

We weren't that sort of family. We just got on with things.

When I was 12, I decided I was only going to watch Westerns for a few months.

I knew that I was going to do Westerns. I like 'em.

Westminster is no joke. I took some tough classes there. It prepared me for a tough career.

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.

If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.