Determination Quotes

"I should’ve quit when I was behind."

- Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

"Let your strongest muscle be the will."

- James Lendall Basford

"Do, or do not. There is no “try”."

- Yoda

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

- The Godfather (1972)

"Round up the usual suspects."

- Casablanca (1942)

"Shane. Shane. Come back!"

- Shane (1953)

"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."

- Gone with the Wind (1939)

"No wire hangers, ever!"

- Mommie Dearest (1981)

"Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL."

- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Mental toughness is essential to success."

- Vince Lombardi

"If it matters to you, you’ll find a way."

- Charlie Gilkey

"Discipline is remembering what you want most. Not what you want now."

- Billy Blanks

"You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it."

- J.D. Salinger

"When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done."

- Stephen King

"Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died."

- Frank Leahy

"I hated every minute of training, but I said 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

- Muhammad Ali

"All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means...you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else."

- Vince Lombardi

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."

- Cavett Robert

"Talent is nothing without dedication and discipline, and dedication and discipline is a talent in itself."

- Luke Campbell

"There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline."

- George S. Patton

"Life is not decided by lines on a palm but by the power of the will, hard work and discipline."

- Milkha Singh

"I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent."

- Rahul Dravid

"There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim."

- Jim Mattis

"I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success."

- Wilbur Wright

"Losing is losing. There aren’t different degrees of losing. You either win a championship or you’re shit. It’s very black and white to me."

- Kobe Bryant

"It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run."

- David Goggins

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will"

"If it's gonna hurt, it better leave a mark."

"Runners just do it – they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first."

- Unknown