Quotes about Determination

Apparently I looked strong enough for harder work; I was told to report to the Phillips factory.

We knew that in spite of daily mounting risks we had no choice but to move forward. This was evil's hour: we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.

Three years after Mama's death, I became the first licensed woman watchmaker in Holland.

At last she pointed to a second tier in the center of a large block. To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?

The strongest man is not the one who lifts the most weight but the one who has the most faith.

Faith doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Faith means you don't let fear stop you.

Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

You win when you quit trying.

You are one choice away from your best decision ever.

If you think you can't do something, you probably won't. If, on the other hand, you think you can, odds are you will. The same is true with your problems. If you dwell on them, they will overwhelm you. But if you look for solutions, you will find some.

Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future.