Quotes about Determination

And courage to me meant ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life—not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding the bleakness of living. A sort of insistence on the value of life and the worth of transient things.

Resolve is not incompatible with Christian humility.

We are still fighters.

When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.

I always found when I was most focused, that's when I did the best financially.

As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up.

Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn't be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.

People just see the shine. They don't see the grind, the bags under my eyes. It was a lot of grinding, setbacks... I ain't finna let nothing stop me. Wherever I stop at, I already know who I am.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.