Quotes About Determination

No sooner said than done—so acts your man of worth.

The only thing what you can get, when you search for it is 'success'... But the most important tool for finding it is 'hardwork'...

An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done.

The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

We will never get anywhere in life without discipline, be it in the arts, business, athletics, or academics.

Not only did I play at a high level, I learned that personal discipline is the indispensable key for accomplishing anything in this life. I have since come to understand even more that it is, in fact, the mother and handmaiden of what we call genius.

Nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrecognized genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are the omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge 30th President

When faced with a challenge (be it a hurricane or a struggling business or a reluctance to start writing), we must decide to act and then we must act. We should perceive our worries as an indication that we should meet our challenges head on, cut right to the heart of them, and take action. Otherwise, we'll be in the aftermath of the storm, sitting and staring at that old tree that's collapsed onto our patio, and asking, "Well, what now?

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.

Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.

sari is the most competitive person i know. she has to be the first and best at everything. if everyone is catching the flu, she has to be the first one to catch it!

according to Chanakya, being dependent on someone is most painful. Such a person can be compared to an animal. He has to act on someone elses orders. So, man should live life with strength.

People, who stray from their planned and feasible tasks and jump to unplanned and unachievable tasks, never succeed.

Chanakya also says that nothing is more important than you. So, if you need to sacrifice the whole world for your progress and protection, then do so without any hesitation.

Talent by itself does nothing but make a bit of noise.

Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart, all the promises and good sayings in your mouth, and all the good thoughts in your heart; rather you must arise and do.

It is a choice I've made, yet it is also a choice made with few other options available.

If no one responds to your call, then go your own way alone.

THE mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.

XXIX You have set me among those who are defeated. I know it is not for me to win, nor to leave the game. I shall plunge into the pool although but to sink to the bottom. I shall play the game of my undoing. I shall stake all I have and when I lose my last penny I shall stake myself, and then I think I shall have won through my utter defeat.