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Quotes about Determination

Whenever we do something wrong, then, from now on we will not blame anything except the opinion on which it's based; and we will try to root out wrong opinions with more determination than we remove tumours or infections from the body.
— Epictetus
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
— Amelia Earhart
If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.
— Amy Grant
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.
— Andrew Carnegie
Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
— Andrew Carnegie
When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!
— Li Na
My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.
— Blase J. Cupich
I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.
— Tim Tebow
If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
— Lao Tzu
Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.
— Mark McKinnon
Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
— Kobe Bryant
When the danger is great, one must not run away.
— Pope Benedict XVI