Determination Quotes

"The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance."

- Annie van De Wiele

"I can't remember the last day I didn't train."

- Michael Phelps

"If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy."

- Michael Phelps

"Every task, goal, race and year comes to an end…therefore, make it a habit to FINISH STRONG."

- Gary Ryan Blair

"Can I say something? Um, I’m the type of person that if you ask me a question and I don’t know the answer, I’m gonna tell you that I don’t know. But I bet you what, I know how to find the answer and I will find the answer."

- Will Smith

"I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill."

- Will Smith

"I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do."

- Helen Keller

"I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."

- Helen Keller

"The road to success is through commitment."

- Will Smith

"I never stopped trying to become qualified for the job."

- Darwin E. Smith

"Without loyalty, you won't accomplish anything."

- YoungBoy Never Broke Again

"My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool."

- Romeo Santos

"If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen."

- Cher

"And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now."

- Trent Reznor

"Having a child is like getting a tattoo ... on your face. You better be committed."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through…that is what it is to be a nurse."

- Rawsi Williams, RN

"To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through, is to be a nurse."

- Rawsi Williams, JD, BSN, RN, PhD

"I’ve wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your ass, you have to earn it."

- Anthony Kiedis

"To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way with determination and enthusiasm."

- Walter Payton

"Either I will find a way, or I will make one."

- Philip Sidney

"You are never too good for anything. Always be willing to do everything."

- Thomas Parkinson

"It’s tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 a.m. when you’ve been sleeping in silk pajamas."

- Marvin Hagler

"Good things come to obsessive compulsives who fixate."

- Kieran Culkin

"You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might."

- Henry David Thoreau

"What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner."

- James Dyson

"I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know."

- Harlan Sanders

"Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you."

- Mellody Hobson

"Seniors, tonight is a tribute to the sweat, sacrifice, and sheer determination you’ve shown."

"In every huddle, in every game, your dedication has driven us forward."

"Seniors, you’ve shown us what it means to play with heart and determination."