Quotes about Determination

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.

One step and then another, and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another, and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another, and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another, and the deepest snow is laid.

When Ty Cobb got on first base he had an apparently nervous habit of kicking the bag. ... By kicking the bag hard enough Cobb could move it a full two inches closer to second base. He figured that this improved his chances for a steal, or for reaching second base safely on a hit.

Before you begin a thing remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. ... You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of 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.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.