Determination Quotes

“The devil's happy when the critics run you off.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“A mother who would stop at nothing for her child is dangerous woman when crossed.”
― Solange nicole

“There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.”
― Jefferson Smith, Strange Places

“If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“To die,
so young to die.
No, no, not I,
I love the warm sunny skies,
light, song, shining eyes,
I want no war, no battle cry,
No, no, not I.”
― Hannah Senesh

“The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on”
― Joseph Needham

“If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“I am burning. I have to live, I have to sing, I want to transform myself into a thousand different characters and carry their life with me onto the stage where it's so bright and so dark at the same time, just knowing there are three thousand people out there longing to be swept away by the passion that's about to flood out from scarlet curtains, to this I consecrate my body and my soul, I can give no more than all of myself, I feel my heart is a throbbing engine and my voice is the valve, like a wailing train, it has to sing or blow up, there's too much fuel, too much fire, and what am I to do with this voice if I can't let it out, it's not just singing. I am here as a speck, but I don't feel scared or about to be blown away, I feel like all New York is a warm embrace just waiting to enfold me. I am in love. But not with a person. I am passionately in love with my life.”
― Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
― Helen Keller

“Don’t dwell too much on the past. The lessons are useful for the present and a preparation for the future. Move on!”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“I grew up with an ambition and determination without which I would have been a good deal happier. I thought a lot and developed the faraway look of a dreamer, for it was always the distant heights that fascinated me and drew me to them in spirit. I was not sure what could be accomplished with tenacity and little else, but the target was set high and each rebuff only saw me more determined to see at least one major dream to its fulfillment.”
― Earl Denman, Alone to Everest

“A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you, busy man about town with the sharp elbows. Hail and farewell to you! For I, Gemma Doyle, am to have a splendid Christmas in London town. All shall be well.

God rest us merry gentlemen. And gentlewomen.”
― Libba Bray, Rebel Angels

“I don't give up. That makes me incredibly resilient or maybe stupid or just plain stubborn. Whichever...”
― Destiny Booze

“The Rest of Our Life Is Going To Be The Best of Our Life!”
― Darrell Yarbrough

“You have to go head, even if no one goes with you.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“With adequate planning, passion and perseverance, you can achieve the God-given goals.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“If you have a dream, keep it. But write it down and take appropriate actions to see it manifest.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“I neither knew nor cared whether my experience was insanity, dreaming, or magic; but was determined to gaze on brilliance and gaiety at any cost.”
― H.P Lovecraft

“I won't die. I won't give those ghouls the pleasure. I'll live and grow strong. I'll escape, then hunt them down and make them suffer.”
― Darren Shan, The Thin Executioner

“If, at first, you do not succeed, call it version 1.0.”
― Khayri R.R. Woulfe

“I can wait for life to shape me in whatever manner it chooses. Or I can shape me to make life whatever I choose.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I still watch her now, like I always did, and she watches me, her brown eyes looking out from a wolf's face.

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one.

I won't let this be my last good-bye. I've folded one thousand paper cranes of me and Grace, and I've made my wish.

I will find a cure. And then I will find Grace.”
― Maggie Stiefvater

“Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a child or a baby anymore, so I'm allowed to speak my mind. And if you don't wish to hear it, just tell me so and I'll go into another room-but I'll speak it anyway. I want this for myself as much as I've never wanted the diplomatic corps and I'm going to get it-even if I have to do it alone. Excuse me.”
― Steve Kluger

“The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt was the apple-cheeked optimism of possibility, and while she worked, the whole city seemed to throb along with her.”
― Candace Bushnell, Lipstick Jungle

“Her sadness was like a deep well just beneath the surface of her determination.”
― Sage Steadman, Upon Destiny's Song

“Since when is failure more appealing? Never give up.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“If you concentrate on small, manageable steps you can cross unimaginable distances.”
― Shaun Hick

“When the heart accepts death first, words you can trust are feelings you can take.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice