Determination Quotes

• Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

  

  Loretta Young
  • Career
  • Determination

• I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

  

  Wilma Rudolph
  • Spirit
  • Determination

• Marriage takes perseverance and determination. There are always opportunities to walk away from marriage but I feel very strongly that you have a responsibility once you start a family.

  

  Betty Churcher
  • Women
  • Opportunity
  • Responsibility

• We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not God; I will strip my heart of all created things; I will live in poverty and detachment; I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies, and make make myself a willing slave to the will of God.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • God
  • Real
  • Heart

• We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

  

  Mike Rounds
  • Simple
  • Decision
  • Criticism

• I remember being disappointed when Papa had shown me Caravaggio's Judith. She was completely passive while she was sawing through a man's neck. Caravaggio gave all the feeling to the man. Apparently, he couldn't imagine a woman to have a single thought. I wanted to paint her thoughts, if such a thing were possible - determination and concentration and belief in the absolute necessity of the act. The fate of her people resting on her shoulders.

  

  Susan Vreeland
  • People
  • Men
  • Remember

• You want to know why I am the perfect champion? Because you can take the strength of John Cena; the intelligence of Triple H; the desire of Cena; the athleticism of Triple H; the determination of Cena; the ruthlessness of Triple H... and if you combine these attributes into one person, you get Randy Orton. The only difference is that I have one thing that neither Cena nor Triple H has: the WWE Championship.

  

  Randy Orton
  • Persons
  • Championship
  • Ruthlessness

• The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of culture, a manifesto of man's determination to use the resources of nature to refresh mind and body and enjoy to the full the senses with which he has been endowed.

  

  David Daiches
  • Culture
  • Drinking
  • Civilization

• We won't let history define our future. Our actions will do the talking. Our determination will turn doubters into believers.

  

  Andrew McCutchen
  • Determination
  • Actions
  • Turn

• Obama's rhetorical overtures to democracy, it turned out, were just a decoy to conceal his unwavering determination to govern from the far left.

  

  Sean Hannity
  • Democracy
  • Determination
  • Rhetorical

• Gender assignment is a "construction" and yet many genderqueer and trans people refuse those assignments in part or in full. That refusal opens the way for a more radical form of self-determination, one that happens in solidarity with others who are undergoing a similar struggle.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Struggle
  • Self
  • Determination

• 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.

  

  Tony Blair
  • People
  • World
  • Desire

• I think the Iraqis themselves will have to make a determination as to what type of government they ultimately come up with and what kind of nation they ultimately come up with. But they can continually use America's troops presence. The problem is not going to change until they are confronted with the reality that they have to make decisions and they have to make them themselves. They have to decide whether they want a country, whether they're willing to put their lives on the line and sacrifice for a national interest as opposed to a regional or sectarian interest.

  

  Tom Vilsack
  • Thinking
  • Country
  • Reality

• Determination, however, can take the place of patience, if earnestly applied.

  

  Cornelia Meigs
  • Determination

• Work hard. Through determination and self-focus and discipline, you can accomplish anything.

  

  Kimberly Guilfoyle
  • Work
  • Focus
  • Discipline

• It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.

  

  Ashley Young
  • Training
  • Determination
  • Feet

• As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.

  

  Tony Blair
  • Men
  • Country
  • Fate

• Never underestimate the hidden power of one very determined person. There is nothing more powerful than determination and persistence.

  

  Ziad K. Abdelnour
  • Determination
  • Hidden Power

• 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 Will
  • Mind
  • Determination
  • Accompany

• 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.

  

  Marina Ann Hantzis aTelecine
  • Important
  • Sometimes
  • Persistence

• Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.

  

  Charles Garfield
  • Ability
  • Manage
  • Performers

• The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.

  

  Mia Hamm
  • Success
  • Planning
  • Backbone

• But it does take the determination that you're going to put your thoughts upon something that does feel good. And so, here we're going to make a very bold statement: any disease could be healed in a matter of days, any disease, if distraction from it could occur and a different vibration dominate - and the healing time is about how much mix-up there is in all of that.

  

  Esther Hicks
  • Different
  • Disease
  • Distraction

• If we have one real strength, it's commitment and determination.

  

  Nigel Worthington
  • Commitment
  • Strength
  • Determination

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