Quotes about Determination
A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
- Barack Obama
Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron.
- Jay-Z
Do not give way to lowness while you are young. Rise up on the strength of God and resolve to conquer.
- Catherine Booth
You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.
- Pope John Paul II
Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
- Norman Vincent Peale
I encourage you to be a person who is not afraid of responsibility. In meeting resistance you will build your strength. If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.
- Joyce Meyer
Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.
- John F. Kennedy
Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.
- Mahatma Gandhi
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
- Thomas Paine
When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.
- Winston Churchill
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.
- Harold S. Kushner