Great Determination Quotes - Page 2

• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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• What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Positive, Spiritual, Determination

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• Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Charles de Gaulle (1960). “The Edge of the Sword”, New York : Criterion Books

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• If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

  Richard DeVos

  Perseverance, Determination, Adversity

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

  Maya Angelou

  Moving On, Spiritual, Strong Women

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

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• When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 03, 2014

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• There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

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• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

  Sonia Johnson

  Change, Success, Determination

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• The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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  Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

  Satchel Paige

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Sports

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Determination, Insperational

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vice President Mike Pence's Speech at Grove City College, time.com. May 20, 2017.

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• The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

  Herbert Kaufman

  Motivational, Gymnastics, Persistence

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• The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.

  Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet

  Determination, Commitment, Differences

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• The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

  James Whitcomb Riley

  Motivational, Perseverance, Determination

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• Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• 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

  Motivational, Perseverance, Determination

  Samuel Johnson (1834). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale”, p.14

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