Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Will

As Aristotle said, happiness is not a condition that is produced or stands on its own; rather, it is a frame of mind that accompanies an activity. But another frame of mind comes first. It is a steely determination to do well.

George S. Patton

The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.

George S. Patton

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.

Jeff Sessions

There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends in the African-American community. They had right on their side. They conducted themselves in high standards, with courage and determination, and they were victorious. They overcame.

Godfried Danneels

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.

Iain Duncan Smith

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

Iain Duncan Smith

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

Howard Zinn

The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination to hold on to it. That apparent power has, again and again, proved vulnerable to human qualities less measurable than bombs and dollars: moral fervor, determination, unity, organization, sacrifice, wit, ingenuity, courage, patience.

Hortense Odlum

If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance.

Gene Tierney

Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.

Frederick Douglass

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to SPEAK.

Farrah Fawcett

But I must never forget how blessed I have been. God has given me gifts and happiness, beyond any of my simple desires. My deepest desire now is to simply live... So with hope and determination, I'd hold on and go on.

Fannie Lou Hamer

I am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered.

Ezra Taft Benson

Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

Francis Crick

Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

I don't think 45 -- I think it's a number out of the sky. I think you have to look at individual lakes separately and determine that.

I'd take five of him, with his determination and work ethic.

I am very proud of each and every one of my players. They all played a terrific match. Winning those three-set matches takes determination and heart and my players showed that today.

Alexander Hleb

I am very happy at Arsenal. I love playing Premier League football, this is an exciting opportunity for me and I am determined to do well here.

Sadaharu Oh

I am proud that Japan is the strongest team in Asia. We are determined to go through at the top.

Jerry Rice

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

Jesse Jackson

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.

Jesse Jackson

When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.

Jennifer Lopez

You have to fight for the things you want.

EPA has an extensive effort underway to determine the sources of PFOA, how the public is being exposed, and whether these exposures pose a potential health risk.

Duncan's steely determination has driven us to train much harder than we have in previous years. He's our secret weapon.

Dustin is leading us and the rest of the runners are following him. He?s determined and realizing what he can do.

Bertrand Delanoe

Each experience has taught us something, and each disappointment has only served to reinforce our determination, ... We have always endeavored to improve our performance.

Each deterrent in some way results in slowing the industry's growth.

Due to illness and injuries, we ended up with just two substitutes to end the game. But our grit and determination pulled us through.

Barry McCaffrey

(Drug smuggling) has gotten immeasurably worse in the last year, and we are determined to play hardball with international drug criminals.

Europeans should be patient and try to find a formula to resolve this nuclear issue. We are determined to remove any ambiguities over our nuclear ambitions and also protect our right.