Quotes About Determination

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

Proud 2 Pay - that's something that distinguishes me, that's something that defines me, and we're going to keep that going.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

You must not let your negative emotions distract you from achieving your goals.

Nothing will distract me from my focus, my galactic mind.

Nothing can distract me.

I want to act in films and TV drama, so that's where I'm aiming to be, and I'm not going to let anything distract me or turn my head until I get there.

When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.

Many times I have gotten distracted. That has hurt or impeded success.

Wrestling kept me sane during dental school. That was the hardest time of my life, and I don't know how I would have made it without the distractions of wrestling to keep me afloat.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

I'm not going to worry about any outside pressure or distractions or any of the things that comes with being the #1 pick. I know there is responsibility that comes with it, but I'm ready to get after it.

Growing up in Baltimore, there were a lot of distractions. But I was so into boxing, it was like candy to me.

I can't let distractions get in the way.

In international sport you get distractions all the time, but at the end of the day that shouldn't affect how you deliver a ball or how you hit a ball.

There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore, and I think they were a problem for me.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

A lot of times, you're just so determined to get everything that you're going to vote 'no' if you don't. But if you get 75% of what you want and what your district wants, you should be satisfied with that.

When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life.

Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for it, then so what.

I'm determined to be a diva.

I'm going to prove to the rest of these girls walking around, strutting their stuff, that I am the top Diva and I am here to stay.