Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.

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"Everywhere I see bliss."

- Mary Shelley

Happiness

"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."

- Mary Shelley

Courage

"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos."

- Mary Shelley

Creativity

"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of the void but out of chaos."

- Mary Shelley

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"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

- Mary Shelley

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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

Determination

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

- Amelia Earhart

Determination

"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."

- Melissa McCarthy

Determination

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

Determination

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination