Quotes About Determination

Smith in frustration. "If all she wanted was muscle, she could

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Horatius at the Bridge

Douglas E. Richards

Nick, no matter what, we'll find a way to cure you of your

Maybe it would be well understood in this far future time that resilience, determination, refusal to accept defeat, and ability to bounce back from tragedy were the hallmarks of the human condition.

True courage is being scared out of your mind, having everything to lose, and acting anyway.

Churchill had said, "When you're going through hell, keep going,

cling to these cherished beliefs with superhuman tenacity. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that we're wrong.

Extraordinary breakthroughs require extraordinary perseverance.

self-esteem through effort.

Die? That is the last thing I shall do!

There are two kinds of courage: the courage that holds things together and the courage that throws them away. The first is more common; it is the cement of civilization; it is Lucy's. The second is the courage of drunks and suicides and mystics.

Keep in mind that getting control of any addictive-type problem nearly always requires multiple efforts. If at first you don't fully succeed, keep trying and keep learning; remember, most cigarette smokers finally quit on the eighth serious attempt.

Our God is not a God who discards what he has made, who is defeated by sin and evil. Our God is a redeeming God, a God who is determined to reclaim his fallen world, setting it free from its enslavement to corruption and bringing it to a final state of glory.

Douglas Johnson

Most of us proceed with good intentions. We try our best. Yet so often we fail ourselves and others. What else can we do but try again? It's the only option open to us. Trying is the way we get through the day.

I see that the old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

Last, but by no means least, courage -- moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle -- the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

Last, but by no means least, courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle_ the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Douglas MacArthur

Americans never quit.

Age wrinkles the body, quitting wrinkles the soul.