Quotes about Determination

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat

There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to "mean" horses and gunfighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid. Most men can have the same experience if they choose.

You must do it alone.

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Greatness comes only to those who seek not how to avoid obstacles, but how to overcome them.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

The longer I live the more I think of the quality of fortitude... men who fall, pick themselves up and stumble on, fall again, and are trying to get back up when they die.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.