Quotes about Determination
We should give heed to what has been said by the heathen poet: "Do not yield to evils but proceed more boldly against them."15
— Martin Luther
You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the "oughtness" that forever confronts him.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of the Montgomery movement; one elderly woman summed it up for the rest. When asked after several weeks of walking whether she was tired, she answered: "My feet is tired, but my soul is at rest."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow".
— Mary Anne Radmacher