- "People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to." ~ George Allen
- "Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." ~ Mario Andretti
- "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self." ~ Aristotle
- "Stop looking for your purpose; BE IT!" ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer
- "Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." ~ Samuel Beckett
- "It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
- "Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success." ~ William J.H. Boetcker
- "Act as if it were impossible to fail." ~ Dorothea Brand
- "It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles." ~ Claude M. Bristol
- "Never stop. One stops as soon as something is about to happen." ~ Peter Brock
- "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always, wins - not through strength but by perseverance." ~ H. Jackson Brown
- "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." ~ William Jennings Bryan
- "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." ~ Dale Carnegie
- "Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it." ~ Winston Churchill
- "Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." ~ Winston Churchill
- "It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time." ~ Winston Churchill
- "Mind is all that counts. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be." ~ Robert Collier
- "Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail." ~ Marva Collins
- "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." ~ Confucius
- "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." ~ Calvin Coolidge
- "Begin with the end in mind." ~ Stephen Covey
- "Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so." ~ Charles De Gaulle
- "The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication." ~ Cecil B. De Mille
- "Fortune befriends the bold." ~ John Dryden
- "There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained." ~ Web Dubois
- "There's no substitute for hard work." ~ Thomas Edison
- "Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds." ~ Thomas Dunn English
- "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
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