determination quotes

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.

When it all got taken away, I was becoming a young man. So I had to sacrifice to leave my family… Sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25, $50 hotels.

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can’t lose.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

Genius is patience.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

The only way round is through.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it’d take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn’t want to retreat.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

A man who has no office to go, to I don’t care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?