Famous Quotes & Sayings

Van Jones

Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."

Vladimir Putin

There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

Walt Disney

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

Walt Whitman

My spirit has pass'd in compassion and determination around the whole earth. I have look'd for equals and lovers an found them ready for me in all lands, I think some divine rapport has equalized me with them

Sarah Dessen

If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

Sarah Dessen

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

Ronnie Milsap

They say love will find a way. I know determination will.

Robin Roberts

I was brought up with the 3 Ds: Determination, Discipline and Da Lord.

Sasha Grey

Persistence and determination are incredibly important. But sometimes you need to analyze the situation and understand when you're wrong. You need to be able to cop to being wrong, learn to change, and continue to grow as a human being.

Sarah Susanka

Once you make the unequivocal internal commitment to do something - when you absolutely know this is the time and the place to act - the world around you will shift in all sorts of apparently miraculous ways to make it happen.

Yousuf Karsh

I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.

Wendell Berry

The damages of our present agriculture all come from the determination to use the life of the soil as if it were an extractable resource like coal.

Walter Murch

The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.

W. Somerset Maugham

Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.

Wyndham Lewis

Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination.

Zig Ziglar

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

Robert Griffin III

You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.

Robert H. Schuller

Impossible? The word is a roadblock to progress!

Robert Dallek

The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed determination to bring him down by stealth.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are tostart moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

Tom McCall

You and I shouldn't claim we love Oregon more than anyone else, but that we love Oregon as much as anyone. Our thoughts today, and our deliberations to come, must spring from our determination to keep Oregon lovable and to make it even more livable.

Steve Cauthen

Michael Roberts is a great rider and a great tactician; he was always using his brain in a race. His determination to become champion jockey was unswerving. He worked night and day, day and night to do it. You must have tunnel vision to become champion jockey: you must almost block everything else out, and he did that perfectly.

Sri Chinmoy

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.

Sri Chinmoy

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

Sophia Amoruso

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

Ruud Gullit

I know what it's like to win things. You need a certain type of player with a determination to win. You see it in the eyes.

Zig Ziglar

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.

Zendaya

Determination. No matter what field you're in, determination will surely get you to the top.