Courage And Determination Quotes:

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Marketing And Sales, Infinite Hope

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

topic: Determination, Believe, Teaching, Believe In Us, Determination To Succeed

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

- James Whitcomb Riley

topic: Motivational, Perseverance, Determination, Life Determination, Motivation And Determination

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

- Colin Powell

topic: Dream, Determination, Military, Pursue Your Dreams, Dreamy

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Pushing On, Source Of Life

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

- Og Mandino

source: Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

topic: Being Strong, Encouraging, Encouragement, Self Determination, Inspirational Determination

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Spiritual Strength, Strength And Determination

Let your courage and determination be the vehicle that drives you, and takes you anywhere in this life you wanna go.

- Robert M. Hensel

topic: Life, Determination, Vehicle, Courage And Determination

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

source: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging, Give Me Strength, Self Determination

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

- Winston Churchill

source: Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

topic: Life, Inspiring, Graduation, Just Give Up, Just Stay Strong

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Determination, Believe, Inspirational Believe In Yourself, Life Determination

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

- Carl von Clausewitz

topic: Determination, Military, Persistence, Motivation And Determination, Decisive Action

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur

source: "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Self Determination, Inspirational Achievement

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

- Bethany Hamilton

topic: Inspirational, Girl, Courage, Scrapbooking, Sugar And Spice

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

- W. H. Murray

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Pursue Your Dreams, Innovation Inspiration

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Mans Search For Meaning, Live To The Fullest

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Inspirational, Success, Determination, Succes, Success Is Measured

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

- Josh Billings

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Motivational, Strength And Determination, Strength And Perseverance

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

- Herbert Kaufman

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Determination, Will Power

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

- Calvin Coolidge

source: Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

topic: Persistence, Men, World, Unsuccessful, Solved Problems

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.

- Calvin Coolidge

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Unsuccessful, Solved Problems

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Perseverance, Stay Strong, Eye, Strength And Determination, Strength And Perseverance

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

- John C. Maxwell

source: John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.219, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Character, Talent, Outstanding, Good Character, Suicide Inspirational

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

topic: Determination, Character, Gay, Good Character, Suicide Inspirational

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

- Mary Pickford

source: "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

topic: Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement, Making Mistakes And Learning From Them, Inspirational Perseverance

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.

- Ozwald Boateng

topic: Dream, Hard Work, Reality, Pursue Your Dreams, Dreams Can Come True

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

- Joe Strummer

topic: Perseverance, Determination, Persistence, Unsuccessful, Perserverance

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

- Calvin Coolidge

topic: Motivational, Wisdom, Loss, Unsuccessful, Perserverance

The best revenge is the massive success.

- Frank Sinatra

topic: Pursue Your Dreams, Source Of Life, Innovation Inspiration, Inspirational Achievement, Inspirational And Innovation

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Ambition, Gymnastics, Persistence, Inspirational Determination, Determination And Persistence

With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.

- Ban Ki-moon

source: Ban Ki-moon's statement on the Awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, www.un.org. October 10, 2014.

topic: Girl, Determination, Book, Malala, Courage And Determination

If you have decided to sail to the sea with great courage and determination, even the storm on the horizon will step aside!

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

topic: Determination, Sea, Storm, Courage And Determination

There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends in the African-American community. They had right on their side. They conducted themselves in high standards, with courage and determination, and they were victorious. They overcame.

- Jeff Sessions

source: Source: www.politico.com

topic: Determination, Rights, White, Neighbors And Friends, Courage And Determination

The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh

- Oswald Chambers

source: Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.45, Discovery House

topic: Christian, Spiritual, Determination, Courage And Determination

Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.

- Bruno Bettelheim

topic: Determination, Numbers, Female, Courage And Determination

Yes, this is a dangerous time. Yes, this is a time full of shadows and fear. But we have been through worse before and we have faced more difficult days before. We have shown courage and determination, and skillful and inventive and courageous and committed responses to crisis before.

- David McCullough

source: Source: www.neh.gov

topic: Determination, Shadow, Courageous, Difficult Days, Courage And Determination

We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are tostart moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

topic: Motivational, Moving On, Success, Equal Opportunity, Believe In Us

...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.

- Coretta Scott King

topic: Peace, Determination, Healing, Peace And Harmony, Courage And Determination

A spiritual pilgrim needs to discern when his or her life is stunted in an old field and find the courage and determination to go to a "new land" that the Lord will show. (Abraham-Journey) ...so that you can find the wholeness you seek.

- Sue Monk Kidd

topic: Spiritual, Determination, Journey, Pilgrim, Courage And Determination

I miss my grandmother every day. I miss her vitality, her interest in the lives of others, her courage and determination, her perceptive wisdom, her calm in the face of all difficulties, her steadfast belief in the British people and above all her unstoppable sense of mischievous humour.

- Prince Charles

source: Sherwood Anderson (1947). “The Sherwood Anderson reader”

topic: Determination, Grandmother, People, Courage And Determination

In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.

- George H. W. Bush

topic: Country, Courage, Determination, Appreciate You, Courage And Determination

As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.

- Tony Blair

source: "Blair addresses divided nation" by Martin Hodgson, www.theguardian.com. March 20, 2003.

topic: Country, Determination, Fate, Courage And Determination

There is nothing that does not get easier through cultivation. The buddhas of the past started out as ordinary beings. They were not buddhas in the beginning. The path to buddhahood is traversed only through gradually developing more and more courage and DETERMINATION -then it is attained.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Courage And Determination

The old world is dying, but a new world is being born. It generates inspiration from the chaos that beats upon us all. The false grandeur and security, the unfulfilled promises and illusory power, the number of the dead and those about to die, will charge the forces of our courage and determination. The old world will die so that the new world will be born with less sacrifice and agony on the living ...

- Carlos Bulosan

topic: Determination, Inspiration, Sacrifice, Inception, Courage And Determination

We have set out on a quest for true humanity, and somewhere on the distant horizon we can see the glittering prize. Let us march forth with courage and determination, drawing strength from our common plight and our brotherhood [and sisterhood]. In time we shall be in a position to bestow upon South Africa the greatest gift possible--a more human face

- Steven Biko

topic: Determination, Sisterhood, Drawing, Courage And Determination, Human Faces

I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart's desire.

- Francis Ray

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Determination, Writing, Heart, Insurmountable Odds, Courage And Determination

The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to this end. We develop power and courage and determination and we go out to achieve Truth, Wisdom and Justice. If we do not come to this, the cost of schooling is wasted.

- John B. Watson

topic: Determination, Book, Mean, Good College, Courage And Determination