Sayings about Determination
To him who is determined it remains only to act. ~ Italian Proverb
Be resolved and the thing is done. ~ Chinese Proverb
If you are determined — just do it! ~ Italian Proverb
With a resolute heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. Spreading the news is also multiplying it. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Quotations about Determination
Focus on where you want to go, not where your currently are. ~ Author Unknown
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results. ~ James Allen
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. ~ George Eliot
A strong determination to get the best out of life, a keen desire to enjoy what one has, and no regrets if one fails: this is the secret of the Chinese genius for contentment. ~ Lin Yutang
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. ~ Samuel Johnson
I found that I could find the energy… that I could find the determination to keep on going. I learned that your mind can amaze your body, if you just keep telling yourself, I can do it… I can do it… I can do it! ~ Jon Erikson
If you can’t find the key to success, pick the lock. ~ Author Unknown
Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable. ~ Lora Leigh
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. ~ Denis Waitley
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ Geroge Lorimer
To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn’t prepared to suffer during adversities, I don’t really see how he can be successful. ~ Gary Player
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ~ Charles De Gaulle
Determination is the mental “I will” that gets results. ~ Wesley A. Stanger
Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handedly move the world. ~ Archimedes
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ~ Roger Bannister
There is one quality more important than know-how…. This is know-how by which we determine not only how to accomplish our purposes, but what our purposes are to be. ~ Norbert Weiner
Determination that just won’t quit — that’s what it takes. ~ AJ Foyt
Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination. ~ Author Unknown
When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. ~ Confucius
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. ~Alexander Graham Bell
If you must begin, then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time. ~ Chogyam Trungpa
Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues. ~ Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni
Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow. ~ Les Brown
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. ~ Vince Lombardi
Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader. ~ Paul J. Meyer
Construct your Determination with Sustained Effort, Controlled Attention, and Concentrated Energy. opportunities never come to those who wait… they are captured by those who dare to attack. ~ Paul J. Meyer
Those who want to succeed will find a way, those who don’t will find an excuse! ~ Leo Aguila
You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can. ~ Jimmy Carter
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. ~ Muhammad Ali
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking. ~ Sir John Lubbock
I’m a determined person. And if I’ve got an objective, I’ll make hours of sacrifice — whatever efforts are needed. ~ Gerald R. Ford
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. ~ Thomas Fuller
He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. ~ Les Brown
Determination is the thing on which you can depend. It plods along without a swing, but gets there in the end. ~ Edgar Guest
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. ~ Jesse Owens
So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. ~ Bible
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy — The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. ~ Tommy Lasorda
A determined heart takes no counsel. ~ Quiros
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. ~ William James
Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them. ~ George Eliot
A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough. ~ Edward Wyllis Scripps
Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination. ~ Charles Swindle
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. ~ Babe Ruth
You too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. ~ W. Clement Stone
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. ~ Man Ray
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If at first you don’t succeed-try, try again. Don’t think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success. ~ Robert Orben
Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. ~ Anthony Robbins
I will go anywhere, provided it be forward. ~ David Livingstone
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee
Determine your future now by taking hold of every opportunity. ~ Debbye Turner
Goals determine what you’re going to be. ~ Julius Erving
Determination is power. If the prospect be dark, kindle up the fire of resolution that nothing but death can extinguish. ~ Charles Simmons