Determination Quotes

"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars."

- Latin proverb

""If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.""

- Tom Hanks

""You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.""

- Ralph Marston

"You are there, stay there!"

- General Robert L. Bullard

"Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

- Winston Churchill

"I shall return."

- General Douglas MacArthur

"Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn Karate and become World Champion."

- Chuck Norris

"Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it will eventually cover a thousand miles. So too, for one who resolves to study Karate diligently two or three hours every day. After three or four years of unremitting effort one’s body will undergo a great transformation revealing the very essence of Karate."

- Anko Itosu

"When it comes to technique, work on it over and over again until you have mastered it."

- Saenchai

"The fighter who gives their all will be around next year. Don’t save anything. Give it all you got."

- George Foreman

"Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool."

- Gichin Funakoshi

"Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning."

- Gichin Funakoshi

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

- Bruce Lee

"If I go as hard as I can in practice, make sure it's a lot harder than a fight, then the fight's going to be easy."

- Rashad Evans

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."

- Tommy Lasorda

"Doubt is only removed by action. If you're not working then that's where doubt comes in."

- Conor McGregor

"Stick to a task, 'til it sticks to you, because beginners are many, but finishers are few."

- Thomas S. Monson

"Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about."

- Winston Churchill

"How long should you try? Until."

- Jim Rohn

"Giving up is for rookies."

- Philoctetes

"You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond."

- Debbie Reynolds

"Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely on my tenacity."

- Louis Pasteur

"The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on."

- Barack Obama

"Never give up on the fight until you win the belt."

- Israelmore Ayivor

"Sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta at something"

- Jake

"I shall fight the thing out, or die in the attempt; I am not generally very free to pitch in; but I am awful to hang on."

"Ready, aim, fire!"

"I refuse to quit because I haven’t tried all possible ways yet."

"It takes a mite longer, but it’ll get you where you’re going."

"The effort you put in today will shape the week to come."