Quotes about Determination
In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
— William James
A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions.
— Pope Benedict XVI
People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'
— Joyce Meyer
When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.
— Joe Biden
I mean, nobody wants to lose. And nobody wants to be playing at the end of the year when you don't have a chance to make the playoffs.
— Mike Evans
I started training again four months after giving birth, and it was strange not to be fully in control - I'm so used to my body performing at a certain level, but it wasn't. I was like, 'Oh, man, can we go back to where we were, please?'
— Jessica Ennis-Hill
I don't know how long my body will allow me to compete, but I can't imagine doing anything else. That day will come, and I just hope there'll be a light shining down a path telling me where to go.
— Jessica Ennis-Hill
That's the thing, never get complacent.
— Jofra Archer
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword.
— Mary Harris Jones
You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.
— Reid Hoffman
If they were honest, many parents would confess that their primary reasons for not allowing their child to quit something is because of financial reasons, or personal reluctance to get involved, or both.
— Richard Blackaby
Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.
— Rick Warren