Quotes About Determination

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits.

No accident of the body can make it stop burning.

He had already prepared himself for martyrdom, and the last thing he desired was to be offered an alternative

If I am a fool, he said, Then let me be a great fool and not a small one.

Do not sigh, do not weep!

Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery

So the wall was completed … in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God. NEHEMIAH 6:15 – 16

As painful and devastating as wounds inflicted by God's people can be, they have made me more determined to live out what I believe authentically. I am deeply motivated to know God. I want to know Him as He truly is, not through the distorted reflection of those who called themselves by His name.

I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. MATTHEW 17:20

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard." ACTS 4:18 – 20

I steal a glance when no one is looking. Especially at his neck, when he turns to say something to my mother. That slender neck, with its air of determination, brisk and bold…

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

I'd love to be an artist that's multifaceted. At the moment, I am not. But wouldn't that be cool if I was like, 'Yeah, let me pull out my guitar and play you a song.' I would adore that. I am so far not gifted in that way. But I am a very hard worker and a very determined person, so who knows?

God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that You'll know I've found something I can do for You ... I am David. Amen.

Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.

Better to leave dreams behind and go forward with purpose.

No." She smiled. "I am exactly where I need to be. I have no desire to enter negotiations with Lord Garrett and his heir." He couldn't keep down his dark pleasure at that.

Trant's deep need to climb ever upward, crushing anyone in his path, the qualities, while making Trant an interesting associate at times, at others made him decidedly predictable and boring. After all, a ladder contained a single directional path. Someone like Trant rarely tried the twisting vines, tree branches, and handholds to the side.

Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.

Maybes never are.

How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

But courage was growing in me too. Little by little it was getting harder and harder for me not to speak out.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeded.