Determination Quotations

Guest Author - Danielle Hollister

"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
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the dog!"--
Anonymous
"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
"Will will find a way."--
Anonymous
Determination: Little Pine

"It is size of one's will, which determines success."
-- Author Unknown
"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
Determination: Lava

"There is in this world no greater force than the force of man determined to rise."
-- Author Unknown
"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
"The best way out is always through."--
Robert Frost
"In three words I can sum up everying I've learned about life. It goes on."
Robert Frost
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do."--
Edward Everett Hale
"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."--
Robert Heinlein
"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.--
Napoleon Hill
"A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a quesion he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve."--
Oliver Wendall Holmes
"You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing."--
Andrew Jackson
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it."--
Thomas Jefferson
"The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility."--
Charles F. Kettering
"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences."--
Robert G Ingersoll
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."--
Tommy Lasorda
"Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination."--
Grace Lichtenstein
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing."--
Abraham Lincoln
"The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince."--
Vincent Lombardi
"Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring in the ship."--
Vince Lombardi
"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."--
Vincent Lombardi
"Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success."--
Vincent Lombardi
"A will finds a way."--
Orison Swett Marden
"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."--
Orison Swett Marden
"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."--
Frederick Nietzsche
"If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up."--
Norman Vincent Peale
"The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there."--
Norman Vincent Peale
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."--
Chinese Proverb
"To him who is determined it remains only to act."--
Italian Proverb
"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."--
Franklin D Roosevelt
"Tough times never last, but tough people do."--
Dr. Robert Schuller
"The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions."--
William F. Scolavino
"See first that the design is wise and just; that ascertained, pursue it resolutely."--
William Shakespeare
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."--
George Bernard Shaw
"A President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a single moment."--
Harry Truman
"The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit."--
Mark Twain
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."--
Unknown
"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito."--
Unknown
"A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure."--
Unknown
"Don't get discouraged; it's usually the last key in the bunch that opens the lock."--
Unknown
"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."--
Leonardo da Vinci
"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."--
Denis Waitley
"I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't promounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty."--
Barbara Walters
"I can resist everything except temptation."--
Oscar Wilde
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."--
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Will you look back on life and say, 'I wish I had,' or 'I'm glad I did'?"--
Zig Ziglar

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