Quotes about Determination

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins. If your case is properly prepared and presented, your victory will have been more than half won at the outset.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will— It's all in the state of mind.

Nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith.

Make the urge to continue stronger than the desire to quit.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will not work. He knows all the things which cannot be done. This book was written for those who seek the rules which have made others successful, and are willing to stake everything on those rules.

God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!

the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

Keep your attention firmly concentrated on your new path-building and forget all about the old paths.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A quitter never wins—and a winner never quits. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.