Quotes About Tenacity

We never quit. My mom instilled that attitude in us, that never quit, never surrender.

I don't fold and surrender for nobody. That's just a fact.

Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to.

he wanted to win. And would do whatever it took. Here was a self-made man, filled with the most dangerous kind of confidence: he had done it before and believed he could do it gain. This gave him the air of a berserker, who says, If you're going to fight me, you better kill me. - p113

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It's not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.

An author is a writer who didn't give up.

How many you or I have outlasted doesn't matter, I think. There comes a time when the will just runs out. Doesn't matter what I think, see?

Illegitemus non carborundum est ("Don't let the bastards grind you down").

Oh, I'm bowed, but unbroken.

The way to achieve the impossible is to simply do it as if it were the most possible thing in the world.

Frances Catherine, I'm going to win this argument," Judith announced. She nodded to her friend when she made that prediction. "Why?" "Because it's my turn," she explained. "You may win the next argument." "Lord, you're stubborn.

Sometimes you have to grab life by the horns and ride it,even if it tries to throw you.

When you get to Lady Kincaid's house, don't leave until you've had a chance to talk to the man, even if you have to drag him by the ear. It may take a bit of persistence. Sophie grinned, feeling better already. That I have in abundance.

The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which seem indispensable in the framework of his neurosis.

You can run, he said. But you'll only die tired.-Boba Fett

War is a vile thing, and it brings out the worst in beings. But it also brings out their best - courage, sacrifice, resourcefulness, tenacity, comradeship, genius, even humor. Would that we could achieve that enlightened state without shedding blood first.

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.

Remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.

Character - in things great and small - is indicated when a man (or person) pursues with sustained follow-through what he feels himself capable of doing.

I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.