Quotes about Determination

If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you really want it, you take it.

It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared.

Our actions may be impeded... But there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impeding to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.

Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.

Not to be overwhelmed by what you imagine, but just do what you can and should. And

Fire feeds on obstacles.

Write off your hopes, and if your well-being matters to you, be your own savior while you can.

No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to itself, "No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.

According to this theory, man is like a dog tied to a moving wagon. If the dog refuses to run along with the wagon he will be dragged by it, yet the choice remains his: to run or be dragged.

Not to be overwhelmed by what you imagine, but just do what you can and should.