Determination Quotes

""The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.""

- Confucius

"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

"Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God as my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."

- Elon Musk

"The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you’re willing to sacrifice"

- Nathan W. Morris

"Today I will do what others won't so that tomorrow I can do what others can't."

- Jerry Rice

"At home I’ve got 1,500 cookbooks and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn – it’s chaos."

- Heston Blumenthal

"I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day."

- Mike Tyson

"I am now, and will always be me. But when it comes time to step out onto that field, me gets a little more dedicated, a little more serious, and nobody stands in my way."

- Caitlin Sumpter, Catcher, Kansas

"I am who I am. I’m going to be who I am. And I’m going to give my all to the game in the way that I do it."

- Lonni Alameda

"I am who I am. I'm going to be who I am. And I'm going to give my all to the game in the way that I do it."

- Lonni Alameda

"By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could -- like running the track after a two-hour practice -- you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger."

- Pat Summitt

"Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work."

- Pat Summitt

"There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined"

- Marta

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

- Mia Hamm

"A good golfer has the determination to win and the patience to wait for the breaks."

- Gary Player

"I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota."

- Gustave Courbet

"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets."

- Ludwig van Beethoven

"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way."

- Gustav Mahler

"The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just make sure that one note follows another…and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world."

- Leonard Bernstein

"I am going to go and leave my blood all over the track."

- Nick Rogers

"If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didnt run hard enough."

- Steve Jones

"It’s gotten a lot harder to work in government. You think Winston Churchill ever had to pull his pants down and show his butt? No. But would he have? Yes. Now could he have? Well maybe not towards the end of his life. But, he would have, because he loved his job."

- Leslie Knope

"Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong."

- Ronald Reagan

"No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

- Ronald Reagan

"I got to fight on till I leave here, and I hope I leave some footprints."

- Mattie Jones

"I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone."

- Cyrano de Bergerac

"Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way."

- Betty White

"Organizations have a responsibility to provide work and opportunities for all, regardless of background."

- Joanne Lockwood

"It's important to think of what it means to powerfully and successfully rise to challenges, and all that it requires: determination, clarity, and steering clear of victim mentality."

- Emma R. Wilson

"Safety is not a job for the faint of heart. It requires a commitment to excellence, attention to detail, and a never-ending quest for improvement."

- Unknown