Quotes about Determination

I am not giving up on God because of what one man said from the pulpit.

Five hundred miles considering how many it took me to come to my senses. When he said he did not want to go to the dance last night, I knew what he meant was he did not want to go to the dance with me. I said that was fine by me and went anyway. There is little enough fun on the trail without giving up what Opportunity comes along because a man is

You do not beg the sun for mercy. -Maud'dib's Travail from The Stilgar Commentary

Hard tasks need hard ways.

To die before coming to the end of willpower, was that not an aristocrat's choice?

Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was.

Paul took a place in the line behind Chani. He had put down the black feeling at being caught by the girl. In his mind now was the memory called up by his mother's barked reminder: "My son's been tested with the gom jabbar!" He found that his hand tingled with remembered pain.

the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

May thy knife chip and shatter.

Show no mercy. Never stop. Mercy is a chimera. It can be defeated by the stomach rumbling its hunger, by the throat crying its thirst.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.