Quotes About Determination

Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb

It’s a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.  – William Somerset Maugham

It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge.  – John J. Watson

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.  –  John Calvin Coolidge

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

He conquers who endures.  – Persius

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.  – Henry Ward Beecher

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. – Author Unknown

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. – John Christian Bovee

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.  – Dale Carnegie

Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.  –  James Corbett

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

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. – Anthony Robbins

Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb

The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.  – Author Unknown

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten but they may start a winning game.  – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.  – Josh Billings

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.  – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.  – Unknown Quote

You have to be single minded, drive only for one thing on which you have decided.  And if it looks as if you might be getting there, all kinds of people, including some you thought were your loyal friends will suddenly show up… to trip you, blacken you, and break your spirit. – John R. Noe

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.  –  Jimmy Carter

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great mean, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.  – Charles De Gaulle

If you go through life quitting everything, you’ll never know success. If you’re going to taste the fruits of success, you’ve got to stick with something.  –  Unknown Quote

When  you know what you want and you want it badly enough, you will find the ways to get it. – Jim Rohn

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.  – Walter Elliott

You can only become a winner if you are willing to walk over the edge.   – Ronald E. McNair Kettering

I hope someday to have so much of what the world calls success, that people will ask me, “What’s your secret?” and I will tell them, “I just get up again when I fall down.” – Paul Harvey

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.  – Robert Kennedy

Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest.  – T.H. Huxley

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.   – Lucretius

The difference between the impossible and  the possible lies in a man’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda