Determination Quotes

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

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

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've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

The determination to win is the better part of winning.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

I know what it's like to win things. You need a certain type of player with a determination to win. You see it in the eyes.

As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities.

I navigate through the world with the excitement and determination of a child. That's why I'm an artist. I'd die without an outlet for expression. Unfortunately, more often than not, that childlike energy is the maturity level I bring to many circumstances.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He's inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination - but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field.

With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.