Determination Quotes

"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together."

- Jacqueline Woodson

"Diversity: the art of thinking independently together."

- Malcolm Forbes

"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color."

- Maya Angelou

"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."

- John F. Kennedy

"We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion."

- Max de Pree

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Be like a postage stamp — stick to one thing until you get there."

- Josh Billings

"One must work with time and not against it."

- Ursula K. Le Guin

"We will either find a way, or make one."

- Anibal Barca

"If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it."

- Michael Jordan

"Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses."

- Kobe Bryant

"Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work."

- Florence Nightingale

"The place of true healing is a fierce place. It's a giant place. It's a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really hard to get there, but you can do it."

- Cheryl Strayed

"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are."

- J.P. Morgan

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

- Jerry West

"I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year. It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

- Lionel Messi

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

- Jerry West

"What separates successful people from others is an extra. Ordinary effort is rarely enough."

- Indra Nooyi

"Do or do not; there is no try."

- Yoda

"I start where the last man left off."

- Thomas Edison

"I will hold."

- First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates

"I will hold New Orleans in spite of Urop 51g and all."

- General Andrew Jackson

"Let your watchword be, fight, fight, fight."

- General Gordon Granger

"Leave everything on the ice."

"Winning means you are willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone else"

"Everyone has the desire to win, but only champions have the desire to prepare to win"

"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people."

"A determined heart has incredible power, my dear."

"Sunday is not a day of rest for dreams; it’s a day to fuel them with determination and purpose."