Quotes about Determination

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

A defeatist attitude was not in his gene pool.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

If it is I who determine where God is to be found, then I shall always find a God who corresponds to me in some way, who is obliging, who is connected with my own nature. But if God determines where he is to be found, then it will be in a place which is not immediately pleasing to my nature and which is not at all congenial to me. This place is the Cross of Christ.

The morning prayer determines the day. Squandered time of which we are ashamed, temptations to which we succumb, weaknesses and lack of courage in work, disorganization and lack of discipline in our thoughts and in our conversation... all have their origin most often in the neglect of morning prayer.

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

But I had to work ten times as hard to get half the attention.

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.