Quotes on Motivation And Determination

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.

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

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

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.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I will either find a way or make one.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.