Quotes about Determination

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

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle.

Come I am determin'd to unbare this broad breast of mine, I have long enough stifled and choked; Emblematic and capricious blades I leave you, now you serve me not, I will say what I have to say by itself, I will sound myself and comrades only, I will never again utter a call only their call, I will raise with it immortal reverberations through the States, I will give an example to lovers to take permanent shape and will through the States

Faith is like a muscle, and it needs to be exercised in order to become strong.

If you're afraid of something, then reach deep inside and face it head-on.

Prayer does not alter that which God has determined; it never changes anything. It merely achieves what He has already foreordained.

I don't think I had even begun to have an idea where I was going, but wherever it was, that was where I wanted to go.

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

While her emotions were very real and they gnawed at her with a raw sincerity, she was listening to something deeper. She was listening to her will, not letting what she felt dictate what she would do. Didn't let it dictate her life.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

If your knuckles are bloodier than your knees, then you're fighting the wrong battle.

I will not let the fear of what might be rob me of the promise of what can.