Quotes about Determination
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
— John Maxwell
Action is what converts human dreams into significance.
— John Maxwell
isn't fair. It isn't going to be fair. Stop sniveling and whining and go out and make it happen for you. Wishing that a risk wasn't yours to take won't make it any easier. In fact, it might make it harder. Your attitude about it is your choice.
— John Maxwell
While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.
— John Maxwell
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility . . . In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
— John Maxwell
If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." —Martin Luther King Jr.
— John Maxwell
Success consists of a series of little daily victories." —Laddie F. Hutar
— John Maxwell
Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years. To become someone who can mine a lot of gold, you need to keep repeating the process of good thinking.
— John Maxwell
Every successful person is someone who failed, yet never regarded himself as a failure.
— John Maxwell
A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
— John Maxwell
you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
— John Maxwell
My friend Nancy Dornan says, "The longest distance between two points is a shortcut." That's really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price. As you desire to grow in a particular area, figure out what it will really take, including the price, and then determine to pay it.
— John Maxwell