Determination Quotes - Page 34

• Looking at her, bedraggled and beaten, some might have seen weakness. He saw strength, determination, and a will no one could crush.

  Nalini Singh

  Crush, Healing, Weakness

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.425, Penguin

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• Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic which had as its assets spirit, optimism, faith in God and an unshakeable belief that free men and women could govern themselves wisely. We became the leader of the free world, an example for all those who cherish freedom.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Men, Dust

  "A MAN TRUE TO HIS WORD".

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• Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.

  Mike Tyson

  Fun, Motivation, Fear

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• There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not appear in conformity with the Catholic faith. It is not always easy to make this determination.

  Godfried Danneels

  Issues, Catholic, Doe

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• After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to self-determination for the Puerto Rican people under our federal system.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Meaningful, Self, Years

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• Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.

  B. C. Forbes

  Lying, Fate, Hands

  B. C. Forbes (2005). “Keys to Success”, p.88, Lulu.com

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• Will, therefore, is the unbroken determination to exercise free choice as well as self-restraint, in spite of the unavoidable experience of shame and doubt in infancy.

  Erik Erikson

  Exercise, Self, Choices

  Erik H. Erikson (1994). “Insight and Responsibility”, p.119, W. W. Norton & Company

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• All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

  William Ellery Channing

  Lying, Self, Individuality

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• The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear.

  David Drake

  Numbers, People, Personality

  David Drake (2012). “Voyage Across the Stars”, p.624, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.

  John Adams

  Country, Swim, Dies

  John Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.8

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• Mr. Adams, describing a conversation with Jonathan Sewall in 1774, says: "I answered that the die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination."

  John Adams

  Country, Swim, Conversation

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• The longer I live, the more deeply am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one person and another-between the weak and the powerful, the great and the insignificant-is energy-invisible determination.

  Charles Buxton

  Powerful, Differences, Energy

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• The only thing experience teaches you is what you can

  Elaine May

  Teach

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• All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.

  Michael Johnson

  Athlete, Thinking, Generations

  "First Take debate: Michael Johnson's comments about sprinters' ability, 'slavery'". www.espn.com. July 5, 2012.

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• The world is waiting for you to wake up to the person you are called to be. Stop listening to the negative inner conversation that's causing you to play small. Focus your mind on positive thoughts, possibilities and solutions that can move you forward. Tap into your creativity and determination and stay busy. Stay focused.

  Les Brown

  Motivational, Encouragement, Moving

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• Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

  Stephen Lang

  Way, Fortitude, Curious

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• All the people in the late '80s and early '90s were really hell-bent on doing something for themselves, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. There was a lot of determination, and I was definitely part of that way of thinking.

  Tracey Emin

  Thinking, People, Answers

  Interview with Joan Collins, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 4, 2013.

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• Yes, this is a dangerous time. Yes, this is a time full of shadows and fear. But we have been through worse before and we have faced more difficult days before. We have shown courage and determination, and skillful and inventive and courageous and committed responses to crisis before.

  David McCullough

  Shadow, Courageous, Dangerous

  Source: www.neh.gov

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• Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

  George S. Patton

  People, Goal, Challenges

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• World history is made by minorities when this minority of number embodies the majority of will and determination.

  Adolf Hitler

  Numbers, Majority, Minorities

  Adolf Hitler (1943). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For the protection of the community, of individual life and health, there are some necessities that should be provided for all at the expense of all, such as roads, pure water, and sanitary systems for concentrated population, and reasonably comprehensive mail service. The determination between services that should be operated by the government and those which should be left to private enterprise under proper control should be governed by the degree of necessity to the community as a whole.

  Theodore Newton Vail

  Government, Water, Community

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• The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the drive, the determination, the refusal to accept that something can't be done if it needs to be into their philanthropy.

  Tony Blair

  Successful, Giving Money, Needs

  "Treasury reveals how little tax the super-rich pay" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2012.

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• It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.

  Bo Jackson

  Attitude, Team, Heart

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• Live your life in a sublime spirit of confidence and determination.

  Neville Goddard

  Live Your Life, Sublime, Spirit

  Neville Goddard “Neville's Spiritual Classics”, Lulu.com

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• I hear hate. I hear people who clearly don't have a great understanding of the American dream. That the American dream is based on hard work and dedication, determination, resilience, excitement, mentorship, help and love for each other.

  Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

  Dream, Hate, Hard Work

  Source: www.pbs.org

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