Quotes about Determination
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
— Jim Elliot
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
— Booker T. Washington
I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.
— Warren G. Harding
It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
— Alexander Graham Bell
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
— Calvin Coolidge
Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.
— Andrew Carnegie
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
— Harry S. Truman
Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible.
— William Osler
The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
— Frederick Douglass
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.
— Napoleon Hill
In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.
— Winston Churchill