Determination Quotes

• 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.

  

  Paul J. Meyer
  • Opportunity
  • Waiting
  • Motivational

• We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • World
  • Art
  • Cells

• 'Now you understand,' Rarm said to me. 'It was the last cut against yourself to become convinced of your own hideousness. You held to it and nurtured it, and even identified with the devil goddess of Orash in your determination to be accursed. And it never occurred to you that perhaps you saw a false image under the mountain.'

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Mountain
  • Devil
  • Goddess

• They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Purpose
  • Violence
  • Enlightenment

• I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.

  

  Barbara Kopple
  • Passion
  • Unique
  • Curiosity

• See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.

  

  Yagyu Munenori
  • Mind
  • Eyes
  • Eye

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

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Determination
  • Aim
  • Important Thing

• I remember as a ranger the first time I stood alone on Inspiration Point over at Canyon Station looking out over this beautiful land. I thought to myself how lucky I was that my parents' and grandparents' generation had the vision and the determination to save it for us. Now it is our turn to make our own gift outright to those who will come after us, 15 years, 40 years, 100 years from now. I want to be as faithful to my grandchildren's generation as Old Faithful has been to ours. What better way can we add a new dimension to our third century of freedom?

  

  Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
  • Freedom
  • I Remember
  • Inspiration Point

• Jenny McCarthy has used her celebrity and sex appeal to attract attention to autism. And while no one questions McCarthy's determination and passion, many scientists have debunked her anti-vaccine message and her claims that a gluten-free diet can provide a cure.

  

  Nell Scovell
  • Free
  • Attention
  • Passion

• Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources that could be used instead for medicines, schools and other life-saving supplies. We must come together with even greater determination to prevent a WMD nightmare.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • People
  • Life
  • Together

• Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • Guy
  • Fighting
  • Determination

• I hear the criticism loud & clear That is how I know that the time is near

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Time
  • Knows
  • Criticism

• I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time.

  

  David Copperfield
  • Time
  • Done
  • Determination

• Having the reality of God's presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Reality
  • The Lord

• At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

  

  Marcia Fudge
  • Women
  • Country
  • Present

• A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

  

  Christian Nestell Bovee
  • Strong
  • Failure
  • Determination

• Well we didn't look at it like that. We looked at it: "Why Carolyn Maloney?" Of course, we didn't know about Caroline Kennedy, but we do know and have - this is not against somebody, this is for somebody who we know has had a proven record. It's 16 years in the House, 10 years on the City Council of New York City, that she has shown her determination to pass legislation. She is - she knows how a legislature works.

  

  Eleanor Smeal
  • Why
  • She
  • House

• I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

  

  Chris Brown
  • Dream
  • Determination

• In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Determination

• We cannot be complacent about the determination of radical Islamic extremists to destroy our freedoms.

  

  Matt Bevin
  • Determination
  • Islamic

• We the Chinese nation have the spirit to fight the enemy to the last drop of our blood, the determination to recover our lost territory by our own efforts, and the ability to stand on our own feet in the family of nations.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Family
  • Lost
  • Enemy

• I'm really struck by the spirit and determination by the volunteers from the state of Alabama, ... astonishing adversity.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Spirit
  • Adversity
  • Alabama

• Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.

  

  Peter Camejo
  • People
  • Deep
  • Determination

• Believe in your dreams and ideals and pursue them with determination and motivation. Always find the time to do something for other people. Indeed, there is nothing more rewarding than making someone else happy.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

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