Determination Quotes

"I knew what I wanted to accomplish, and I knew how much work it took to achieve those goals. I then put in the work and trusted in it."

- Kobe Bryant

"I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting."

- Arthur Ashe

"I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals."

- Mia Hamm

"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory"

- Bill Russell

"Push yourself to keep improving or you’ll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top"

- John Wooden

"Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds"

- Larry Bird

"You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good"

- Jerry West

"All outstanding work, in art as well as in science, results from immense zeal applied to a great idea."

- Santiago Ramón y Cajal

"Great difficulties are felt at first [in research] and these cannot be overcome except by starting from experiments ... and then by conceiving certain hypotheses ... But even so, very much hard work remains to be done and one needs not only great perspicacity but often a degree of good fortune."

- Christiaan Huygens

"A genius is eternal patience."

- Michelangelo

"A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable."

- Anne McCaffrey

"Soldiers, when committed to a task, can’t compromise. It’s unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it’s been done."

- John Keegan

"Challenge yourself, and be determined to thrive."

- Becs Gentry

"The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph.’"

- Marvin Phillips

"Rising up, back on the street. Did my time, took my chances. Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet. Just a man and his will to survive."

- Survivor

"Workin' hard to get my fill. Everybody wants a thrill. Paying anything to roll the dice just one more time."

- Journey

"Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past / You must fight just to keep them alive"

- Survivor

"Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing."

- Ron Swanson

"You have the right to work, but for the work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working. Never give way to laziness, either. Perform every action with your heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Renounce attachment to the fruits. Be even-tempered in success and failure: for it is this evenness of temper which is meant by yoga. Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of Brahma. They who work selfishly for results are miserable."

- Bhagavad Gita

"Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. The one who is motivated only by the desire for the fruits of their action, and anxious about the results, is miserable indeed."

- Bhagavad Gita

"The most effective way to do it is to do it."

- Amelia Earhart

"Every match is a chance to show your true character and determination."

"Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do, long after the mood you said it in has left you"

"Leave it all on the field."

"Champions are made when no one is watching."

- Unknown

"Success in soccer is not measured by trophies alone, but by the strength of will to keep playing when all seems lost."

- Unknown

"May is a great month to start new projects and push forward with determination."

"Good morning and Happy Thursday! Approach today with determination and positivity, and see how far you can go."

"There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts."

"One who has renounced attachment to the fruits of action, who is ever content, and free from all kinds of desires, does not act though he may be engaged in all kinds of actions."