Determination Quotes
1740 Determination quotes by 1045 unique authors
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How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or…
— Michael Ondaatje
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The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.
— Mia Hamm
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But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that…
— Yasunari Kawabata
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(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)
— Jane Jacobs
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A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
— Napoleon Hill
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Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.
— Abraham Lincoln
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A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.
— Michael Crichton
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The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you?
— Henry Ford
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
— Thomas Paine
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For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates.
— Gaston Bachelard
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His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper than he had…
— Terry Goodkind
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Hope in gates, hope in spoons, hope in doors, hope in tables, no hope in daintiness and determination. Hope in dates.
— Gertrude Stein
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Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
— Henry Van Dyke
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Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.
— Cory Doctorow
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Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.
— Zig Ziglar
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The instructor stared at me with cold, cut-me-no-slack determination, then got into a fighting stance, holding one hand out, beckoning me. "I saw that movie…
— James Patterson
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What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the…
— Jane Austen
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The fight isn't over until you win.
— Robin Hobb
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If you strip away self-effacement, charm and the spirit of mischief-qualities that make determination and ambition tolerable- you're left with a right ar**hole.
— Russell Brand
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Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.
— Khalil Gibran
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I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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My spirit has pass'd in compassion and determination around the whole earth. I have look'd for equals and lovers an found them ready for me…
— Walt Whitman
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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to…
— Albert Einstein
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A spiritual pilgrim needs to discern when his or her life is stunted in an old field and find the courage and determination to go…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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