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Determination Quotes by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given…
- Strive for excellence, not perfection.
- In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
More Determination Quotes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon
- The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister
- So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There… — Abu Bakar Bashir
- It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. — Henry Ward Beecher
- The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. — Henry Ward Beecher
- What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man… — Alexander Graham Bell
- Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. — Alfred Adler
- If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. — Milton Berle
- Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. — Mary McLeod Bethune