Quotes about Determination
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
— Albert Schweitzer
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
— Albert Schweitzer
Wer sich vornimmt, Gutes zu wirken, darf nicht erwarten, dass die Menschen ihm deswegen Steine aus dem Weg räumen, sondern muss auf das Schicksalshafte gefasst sein, dass sie ihm welche daraufrollen.
— Albert Schweitzer
What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it.
— Alexander Graham Bell
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
— Alexander Hamilton
Real firmness is good for every thing— Strut is good for nothing.
— Alexander Hamilton
Stand for something, or you'll fall for anything" Malcolm X, likely quoting Hamilton
— Alexander Hamilton
I was scared of water, so I learnt swimming.
— Geeta Phogat
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
— Dale Carnegie
In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
— William James
A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions.
— Pope Benedict XVI
People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'
— Joyce Meyer