Quotes About Determination

so long as I get somewhere, Alice added as an explanation. Oh, your sure to do that, said the Cat, if you only walk long enough.

He was like a horse running downhill harnessed to a heavy cart. Whether he was pulling it or being pushed by it he did not know, but rushed along at headlong speed with no time to consider what this movement might lead to.

I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else" — but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they would put their heads down! I am so very tired of being all alone here!

Washington Irving once introduced Charles Dickens at a dinner given in the latter's honor. In the middle of his speech Irving hesitated, became embarrassed, and sat down awkwardly. Turning to a friend beside him he remarked, There, I told you I would fail, and I did. If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.

When you come to any passage you don't understand, read it again: if you still don't understand it, read it again: if you fail, even after three readings, very likely your brain is getting a little tired. In that case, put the book away, and take to other occupations, and next day, when you come to it fresh, you will very likely find that it is quite easy.

Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Shoot low, boys. They're ridin' Shetland ponies.

Life is like a dog sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

I refuse to let the past find me here.

I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die, Felicity bars. If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.

What took you so long?" Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of books, which they were tucking into Will's attaché case. "I walked to Jerusalem for the Bible. I knew you'd want an original," Evie snapped.

Life don't come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain't nobody handing it to us.

But as soon as the thought enters my mind, another one swims in and eats the first one like a shark. Fuck that, it burps.

I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think.

There is never any turning back Gemma. You have to go forward. Make the future yours.

The world is only as fair as you can make it. Takes a lot of fight. A lot of fight. But if you stay in here, in your little cave, that's one less fighter on the side of fair.

She shrieks above the din. If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.

If this were a movie, I would bust a secret move so fierce the entire place would be razed to the ground. I'd finish with something snappy like And don't forget my soda, punk while I strolled off into the night.

What you want can be yours. But you must first know what it is you want.

I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Prepared to fly, even if she has to loose her legs to do it

You try standing up to my mom. She's a force of nature.

No, you're right. I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die, Felicity barks. If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.