Quotes on Great Determination

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.