quotations about determination
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
TOMMY LASORDA
attributed, Winning Words: Classic Quotes from the World of Sports
Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them.
GEORGE ELIOT
The Spanish Gypsy
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men--between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant--is energy, invincible determination--a purpose once fixed, and death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.
AAIDH IBN ABDULLAH AL-QARNI
Don't Be Sad
Her sadness was like a deep well just beneath the surface of her determination.
SAGE STEADMAN
Upon Destiny's Song
To him who has determined, it only remains to act.
J. FLORIO
attributed, Day's Collacon
Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success.
BURT LAWLOR
attributed, 1000 Brilliant Achievement Quotes
The determination that is his biggest strength ... is also at times his fatal flaw. Like an unthinking machine, he'll just keep shoving, not realizing a step back, a one-night pause, could let some obstacle move out of the way and smooth his path.
LIN PARDEY
Bull Canyon
A determined heart takes no counsel.
QUIROS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Will and thought are like space and time and determination is like space-time. Put them together and inhibition bends both and forms memory and this forms wisdom.
NATHANIEL DURHAM
The Origin of All Forces
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 are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
attributed, program at Coolidge's memorial service, 1933
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
CHANNING POLLOCK
The Adventures of a Happy Man
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
JAPANESE PROVERB
Be unbridled in determination, burn the seas
Into glory we will ride
MACHINE HEAD
"Who We Are", Unto the Locust
A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.
RUPERT HUGHES
"The Thumb-Twiddlers", The Saturday Evening Post, November 20, 1915
Life is often a crunch instead of a cruise. Determination doesn't spell facility; it spells adversity, and, if you look for them, you'll find a lot of advantages in adversity. There are no bargains on the counter. There is no cheap way to make the climb.
WAYNE ATES
Loose Livers and Floatin' Kidneys
When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.
FRANK HERBERT
Chapterhouse: Dune
Always remember that motivation gets you moving, but determination keeps you going.
PREM JAGYASI
Carve Your Life
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Will,", Maurine and Other Poems
I want to be a rock star
But I ain't got what it takes
The drive and the determination
And the lucky breaks
THIRD DAY
"Rockstar", Wire