Determination Quotes

Never Give Up, No Matter What.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Others may predict my future but only I can determine my destiny.

Success or failure is caused more by mental attitude than by mental capacity.

His blade struck the water a full second before any other: the lad had started well. Nor did he flag as the race wore on… as the boats began to near the winning-post, his oar was dipping into the water nearly twice as often as any other.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Everyone in the world will tell you, "No, it can't be done." That's when I know I'm close to success.

The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become.

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.