DETERMINATION

Quote: A thick skin is a gift from God. Author: Konrad Adenauer 1876-1967, German Statesman

Quote: 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. Author: Muhammad Ali 1942-, American Boxer

Quote: In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results. Author: James Allen 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

Quote: The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Author: Roger Bannister 1929-, British Athlete, First Sub 4 Minute Miler

Quote: 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. Author: Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922, British-born American Inventor of Telephone

Quote: I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you? Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism

Quote: So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. [Nehemiah 4:6 ] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism

Quote: Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow. Author: Les Brown 1945-, American Speaker, Author, Trainer, Motivator Lecturer

Quote: Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. Author: Robert Burns 1759-1796, Scottish Poet

Quote: The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy -- invincible determination -- a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. Author: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

Quote: You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can. Author: Jimmy Carter 1924-, American Statesman, 39th President

Quote: Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master. Author: Oswald Chambers 1874-1917 Scottish Preacher, Author

Quote: I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. Author: Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister

Quote: Not an inch of our territory not a stone of our fortress. Author: Jules Favre

Quote: No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution. Every man who gets anywhere does so because he has first firmly resolved to progress in the world and then has enough stick-to-it-tiveness to transform his resolution into reality. Without resolution, no man can win any worthwhile place among his fellow men. Author: B. C. Forbes 1880-1954, American Publisher

Quote: Determination that just won't quit -- that's what it takes. Author: A. J. Foyt American Race Car Driver

Quote: There's no ceiling on effort! Author: Harvey C. Fruehauf

Quote: An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author

Quote: Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. Author: Charles De Gaulle 1890-1970, French President during World War II

Quote: A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. Author: Robert Hughes 1938-, Australian Art Critic, Writer

Quote: 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. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author

Quote: The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination. Author: Tommy Lasorda 1927-, American Baseball Manager

Quote: Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. Author: Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA

Quote: I will go anywhere, provided it be forward. Author: David Livingstone 1813-1873, British Missionary, Explorer

Quote: 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. Author: Vince Lombardi 1913-1970, American Football Coach

Quote: 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. Author: Paul J. Meyer American Businessman, Author, Motivator

Quote: 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. Author: Jesse Owens 1913-1980, American Olympic Track Athlete

Quote: To him who is determined it remains only to act. Author: Italian Proverb Sayings of Italian Origin

Quote: Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. Author: Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant

Quote: A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough. Author: E(dward) W(yllis) Scripps 1854-1926, American Press Lord

Quote: I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. Author: Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

Quote: The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit. Author: J. R. Todd

Quote: Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else. Author: Brian Tracy American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman

Quote: Once while St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden, he was asked, ''What would you do it you were suddenly to learn that you were to die at sunset today?'' He replied, ''I would finish hoeing my garden.'' Author: Source Unknown

Quote: Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination. Author: Source Unknown

Quote: Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. Author: Denis Waitley 1933-, American Author, Speaker, Trainer, Peak Performance Expert

Quote: There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855-1919, American Poet, Journalist

Quote: The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough. Author: Charles E. Wilson 1886-1972, American Corporate Executive