Determination Quotes

""The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.""

- Amelia Earhart

""Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.""

- Arnold Palmer

""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

"If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me."

- Jesus

"I will not take ‘but’ for an answer."

- Langston Hughes

"Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."

- Jesus

"I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream."

- Lionel Messi

"I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day."

- Lionel Messi

"I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I’d have to make a lot of sacrifices."

- Lionel Messi

"I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day"

- Lionel Messi

"I’ve always really just liked football, and I’ve always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day."

- Lionel Messi

"For every minute for the rest of my life, I will fight"

- Rapunzel, Tangled

"You know nothing can stop me but loss of breath, and I'm still breathing so it's still on."

- Tupac Shakur

"It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top - in business or in sports."

- George Blanda

"We all have dreams. But, in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, self discipline, and effort."

- Mark Spitz

"Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price."

- Sun Tzu

"The skill to win is important, but the will to win is vital."

- Joe Paterno

""Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.""

- Mr. Miyagi, The Karate Kid

"I have not gotten where I want to be yet. But one thing I do: I forget what is behind me and focus on what is ahead of me in my life."

- Bible, Philippians 3:13

""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

"I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose."

- Helio Gracie

""Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get.""

- Chuck Norris

"Discipline is key"

"Do hard things"

"Do or die, Semper Fi."

"Marines don’t know how to quit; they only know how to win."

"A strong mind and a determined heart will take you far in life."

"The biggest challenge in life is not knowing your limits, but pushing past them."

"Every email you send, every small task you finish—each one is a quiet sign of your dedication"

- Unknown

"In martial arts, it's not the size of the fighter that matters, but the size of the fight in them."