Determination Quotes

1. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against, but we must sail and not drift.- Oliver Wendell Holmes

2. Beware of what you want, for you will get it. - Unknown

3. Where the determination is, the way can be found. - Unknown

4. Determination is often the first chapter in the book of excellence. - Unknown

5. Determination is the quality that separates the many who compete from the few who win. - Unknown

6. There is in this world no greater force than the force of a man determined to rise. - Unknown

7. The secret of confronting any situation in life that threatens to overwhelm and defeat you is to stand fast. - Unknown

8. In the depths of winter, I finally found there was in me an invincible summer. - Albert Camus

9. The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held. - Jane Addams

10. To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path and don't worry about the darkness for that is when stars shine the brightest. - Unknown

11. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day. - Booker T. Washington

13. When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object. When you have a distinct purpose in view, your work becomes of absorbing interest. You bend your best powers to it; your give it concentrated attention; you think of little else than the realization of this purpose; your will is stimulated into unusual activity, and as a consequence you do your work with an increasing sense of power. - Grenville Kleiser

14. Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do. - Gerry Sikorski

15. He turns not back who is bound to a star. - Leonardo Da Vinci

16. Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius

17. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand

18. Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out how to do it. - Theodore Roosevelt

19. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. - William Murray

20. Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is. - Catfish Hunter

21. I wish it. I command it. Let my will take the place of reason. - Juvenal

22. If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. - Latin proverb

23. The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people. - Mary Rinehart

24. Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought into a focus. - Alexander Graham Bell

25. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

26. You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. “I cannot,” never accomplished anything; “I will try,” has wrought wonders. - J. Hawes