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Quotes about Determination

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
— Harry S. Truman
Believe and you're halfway there.
— Harry S. Truman
How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who's hitting you.
— Harry S. Truman
I shall continue to do what I think is right, whether anybody likes it or not.
— Harry S. Truman
You may not have before you the most creative and satisfying day to live, but you know that live it you must. You can make the day a chore; dull, nerve-wracking, frustrating, a waste of time. Or the same day can be taken on with energy, enthusiasm and a determination to make it one of the best days of your life, for yourself and those about you.
— Leo Buscaglia
It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.
— Leo Buscaglia
As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
— Jane Goodall
Hope," Jane said, "is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It is what we desire to happen, but we must be prepared to work hard to make it so.
— Jane Goodall
Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six months. And I started to realize that I couldn't be successful until I let the street life go.
— Jay-Z
To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different.
— Danny Boyle
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
— Joe Biden
I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
— Abraham Lincoln