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Determination Quotes
"Without delayed gratification,there is no persistence."
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"You cannot build a dream on a foundation of sand. To weather the test of storms, it must be cemented in the heart with uncompromising conviction."
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"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire."
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"Stronger your reasons, stronger the will power."
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"I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda."
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"I made my name. What does this mean? It means you developed the traits that are specific to successful people, passion- the ability to stay focus focused and the determination to never, never, never give up."
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"I gave up many times but I never quit."
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"Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze."
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"What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart."
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"Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination."
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"Determination knows that you can do what it takes, even if that is hard or frightening, in order to achieve the goal you seek."
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"It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it."
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"The determination to win is the better part of winning."
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"The goal was never dependent on the route that took me there. It was always dependent on the heart that got me through whatever route opened itself up to my efforts."
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"When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable."
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"It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down."
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"Success happens when you refuse to give up."
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"It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed."
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"Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it."
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"I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish."
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"I ain't taking no more rides on the stupid train."
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"The strength to move forward when others stop, to keep going when others turn back, is the key to unlocking your greatest potential."
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"I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock."
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"Your success lies behind your choices... To get there, you must choose it and drive your dreams in that chosen direction!"
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"Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror."
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"There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination."
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"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them."
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"I have some strong positive reasons why I am on the path that I am, and this is why moving forward is the only option that my mind sees."
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"Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these."
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"Your willpower to achieve the goal ought to stronger than any obstacle."
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"If hope is a feeling that can defeat fear,then at that time I walked uphill through a bed of snow, my tracks were of joyful determination."
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"I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive."
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"The longer you fight, the stronger you become."
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"The will is the strong blind man who carries on his shoulders the lame man who can see."
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"Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence."
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"To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship."
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"By my soul I swear, there is no power in the tongue of man to alter me."
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"Never give up. It's like breathing-once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up."
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"So many people will tell you no, and you need to find something you believe in so hard that you just smile and tell them watch me. Learn to take rejection as motivation to prove people wrong. Be unstoppable. Refuse to give up, no matter what. It's the best skill you can ever learn."
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"I am not stopping till my critics become my fans."
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"I will always find a way and a way will always find me."
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"Dream with all of your mind. Work with all of your heart. Persevere with all of your strength. Succeed with all of your soul."
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"There must be a demand, there must be an urge and there must be a will and where there is a demand and a will, there will also be a way."
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"I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me."
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"It is easy to give up than to endure. Always choose the latter."
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"When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands."
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"Don't wait for what you don't have. Use what you have, begin now and what you don't even expect will come alongside with excess of what you expect. Go, make it happen."
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"If you love something, you find a way to have it in your life. Opposers may take away your means and tools, but you simply turn to crude replacements, fashioning them from scraps if necessary. Threats only make you steal moments of secrecy to satisfy your love. And if it means but a morsel here and there, you accept each crumb gladly because nothing else can even begin to satisfy your hunger."
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"You tell me that yes, I can do it. I know. And I may do it, if I so choose.You tell me that no, I cannot. I say, Oh? I shall do it, since you refuse!"
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