Quotes about Determination
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
- Ben Stein
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.
- Earl Nightingale
I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter...
- Vincent Van Gogh
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
- Vince Lombardi
They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
- Dag Hammarskjold
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
- Theodore Roosevelt
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
- Walt Disney
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
- Vince Lombardi
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
- Zig Ziglar