Quotes about Determination

My dad drilled into us kids that if we started something, we would have to finish it. He used to say, "When you made the choice to start, you made the choice to finish. It's not two choices; it's one.

The largest locomotive in the New York Central system, while standing still, can be prevented from moving by a single one-inch block of wood placed in front of each of the eight drive wheels! The same locomotive, moving at 100 miles per hour, can crash through a wall of steel-reinforced concrete five feet thick. The only difference is momentum. Confidence gives you the momentum that makes the difference. You

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

THE PRICE TAG OF LEADERSHIP: SELF-DISCIPLINE

Success expert Peter Lowe, who has gleaned success secrets from hundreds of people who are at the top of their profession, says, "The most common trait I have found in all successful people is that they have conquered the temptation to give up.

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, EFFORT, AND PATIENCE TO A DIFFICULT TASK OR PROBLEM TODAY.

Lazy people don't succeed.

Until my practice period was completed, I deliberately neglected everything else. That program of planned neglect, I believe, accounts for my success.

Most people don't know this, but it's easier to go from failure to success than from excuses to success.

Livingstone replied, "If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." That's what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won't.

But here's the good news: maintaining the right attitude is easier than regaining the right attitude.