Quotes about Determination

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

One quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins. If your case is properly prepared and presented, your victory will have been more than half won at the outset.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will— It's all in the state of mind.

Nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith.

Make the urge to continue stronger than the desire to quit.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will not work. He knows all the things which cannot be done. This book was written for those who seek the rules which have made others successful, and are willing to stake everything on those rules.