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Quotes about Determination

You can achieve what do you want if you believe it
— Stephen Covey
Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether it rains or shines makes no difference to them. They are value driven; and if their value is to produce good quality work, it isn't a function of whether the weather is conducive to it or not.
— Stephen Covey
An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps you determine where you are. It gives you important information on how to get there, and it tells you when you have arrived.
— Stephen Covey
Use your R and I!" (resourcefulness and initiative).
— Stephen Covey
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
— Stephen Covey
While we can't always control what happens to us, we can always choose how we react to life's challenges.
— Stephen Covey
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
— Stephen Covey
But we are responsible—"response-able"—to control our lives and to powerfully influence our circumstances by working on be, on what we are.
— Stephen Covey
Our secret life is where we are able to tap into the power of the four human endowments: self-awareness, conscience, imagination, and independent will.
— Stephen Covey
We choose—either to live our lives or to let others live them for us. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and to others, little by little we increase our strength until our ability to act is more powerful than any of the forces that act upon us.
— Stephen Covey
Successful families don't just happen. They take every bit of energy, talent, vision, determination, and rescue efforts a person can muster. They take prioritizing, planning, and sacrificing. They require family members to be willing to say, "I'm sorry," and to do whatever is needed to make adjustments. Yes, in times of storm or calm, families need someone who is prepared to step up, not give up. Someone who is ready to lead.
— Stephen Covey
Your attitude determines your altitude," "Smiling wins more friends than frowning," and "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.
— Stephen Covey