Quotes about Determination
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.
— Albert Ellis
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
— Albert Schweitzer
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.
— Albert Schweitzer
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
— Albert Schweitzer
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
— Albert Schweitzer
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
— Albert Schweitzer
Wer sich vornimmt, Gutes zu wirken, darf nicht erwarten, dass die Menschen ihm deswegen Steine aus dem Weg räumen, sondern muss auf das Schicksalshafte gefasst sein, dass sie ihm welche daraufrollen.
— Albert Schweitzer
What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it.
— Alexander Graham Bell
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
— Alexander Hamilton
Real firmness is good for every thing— Strut is good for nothing.
— Alexander Hamilton
Stand for something, or you'll fall for anything" Malcolm X, likely quoting Hamilton
— Alexander Hamilton
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
— Dale Carnegie