Determination Quotes And Sayings

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“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.” 
– Jimmy Carter 

“You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others.  That’s the mark of a true professional.”  
– Joe Paterno

“Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.”
– John Beecher

“The slogan PRESS ON has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
– John Calvin Coolidge

“Fortune befriends the bold.”
– John Dryden 

“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.
– John Foster Dulles

“It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge.” 
– John J. Watson

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”  
– John Wooden

“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– John Wooden 

“That is for me the reason why I have to speak, and I have to speak more often than I do so-called art-work. You see, the complication is that I have to use something.. ..I have to use a traditional determination for ideas, so when I speak about art, I can only say that there are two kinds of art: the traditional art, which is unable to bring up art at all or to change anything in society or in the ability and the joy for life; and then, there is another kind of art, which is related to everybody’s needs and the problems existing in the society. This kind of art has to be worked out from the beginning, it will never lead to result in any physical form.. ..that is my meaning.”
– Joseph Beuys

“Goals determine what you’re going to be.”
– Julius Erving

“I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.”
– Lee Iacocca 

“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
– Leonardo da Vinci 

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”
– Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige 

“Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.”  
– Lou Brock

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”  
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Failure is success if we learn from it.”
– Malcolm Forbes

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
– Mario Andretti

“The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.”
– Mark Twain

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain

“Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.”
– Marva Collins

“You can only be truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money the goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. All the other tangible rewards will come as a result.”
– Maya Angelou 

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”  
– Michael Jordan

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” 
– Michael Jordon 

“To be prepared is half the victory.”  
– Miguel Cervantes

“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.”
– Napoleon Hill

“A resolute determination is the truest wisdom.” 
– NapolÈon I

“It takes a little courage and a little self-control and some grim determination if you want to reach the goal. It takes a great deal of striving and a firm and sternest chin, no matter what the battle, if you really want to win. there is no easy path to glory. There is no road to fame. Life, however we may view it, is no simple parlor game. But its prizes call for fighting, for endurance and for grit, for a rugged disposition that will not quit.”
– Navy Seal

“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.”
– Niccoló Machiavelli

“If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.”
– Norman Vincent Peale

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