Determination Quotes

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

We have to continue our efforts with determination.

If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then investing to save women and children who are dying in the developing world would be very good business.

They say love will find a way. I know determination will.

We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.

Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.

Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination of people not to live without it.

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume its collective responsibility.

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.