Quotes about Determination

Every day, I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation that have been neglected, ignored, and abandoned. I have visited the laid-off factory workers and the communities crushed by our horrible and unfair trade deals. These are the forgotten men and women of our country.

I grew up in a working class family. People thought I might go work at a mill. My mom wanted me to learn how to lay carpet because she was concerned about my future. Nobody had high hopes for me. But I was a hustler.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don't intend to give in either till all is completed.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can.

No te canses ni pierdas el ánimo.

Jesus often wetted his finger to find the direction of the acceptable winds, and instead of going with them, headed straight against them.