Quotes about Determination

Not one word to stop me from doing something I shouldn't? 'No. By doing what you shouldn't, you will realize it yourself. As I said in the restaurant, the light in your soul is greater than the darkness. But for this you must go all the way to the end of the game.

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

Anyone truly committed to life never stops walking.

When I die, bury me standing, because I've spent all my life on my knees!

We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads.

You don't have to climb a mountain to find out whether or not it's high.

The universe always favors those who fight for what they want.

being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

I get angry about things, then go on and work.

If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling.

They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.