Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orison Swett Marden

Most men fail, not through lack of education, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.

These kids don't have the same drive and determination that I did.

These guys represent the epitome of determination and hard work. They go to places like Phoenix to practice, their parents make 160-mile round trips ? they do what it takes.

These freshmen are determined and relentless, and they're just going to get better and better.

Jason Richardson

You can see right away that he's going to be a player, because he's already a player. He's got that focus and determination you've got to have, and he's got more than enough ability. It's just a matter of time before he's a star.

A hearing has to be scheduled and a determination would be made about whether it should remain listed.

You've got to have room to run, but it's a whole offensive unit thing, ... We have to be determined to make up our mind that we're going to get done.

All things being equal, you want people that want to play for you. The determination is, what does he have left in his game?

All the things that occurred that resulted in the determination ... occurred in another administration.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

How many years you have to keep on doing, until you know what to do and how to do!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

John C. Maxwell

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Norman Vincent Peale

The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there.

Epictetus

A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.

Emily Carr

My mountain is dead. As soon as she has dried, I'll bury her under a decent layer of white paint. But I haven't done with the old lady; far from it!

Emil Zatopek

When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter either. Then willpower will be no problem.

Jonathan Davis

The determination was made by us and Prudential that this project was strong enough that we could go forward on a speculative basis,

Richard Boucher

The determination is there, the effort has not slackened in any way, ... We wouldn't be here if we didn't think there was some potential.

Tony Robbins

Because the challenges will continue to show up in life, but if you have the inner strength - whether that be your faith, your determination or your incredible love for self, for God and for others - then I think you'll have the capacity to live a life that's extremely fulfilled.

Tony Robbins

Do something physical every day, even if it's just five or ten minutes of fast walking a couple times a day. That tends to replace fear and anger with determination and courage. It can change your identity, your momentum.

Tony Benn

Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares...or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.

Tony Blair

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

Our determination to defend our values and way of life is greater than their (terrorists) determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism upon the world.

Richard Branson

I personally don't believe anything is impossible. With enough determination and effort, almost everything is possible.

Reese Witherspoon

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

Richard Branson

Luck is when determination meets opportunity

Richard Branson

Entrepreneursh ip is a great leveller, since having the benefit of a wealthy background or a generous investor isn't always an advantage. The wonderful thing is that money is not the sole currency when it comes to starting a business; drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Richard Branson

It's never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

Richard Branson

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Tiger Woods

I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.

Rahul Dravid

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.

Radhanath Swami

Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.

Radhanath Swami

Don't let a breath escape from your body without Krishna's name. That should be our determination throughout our life.