Determination Motivational Quotes:

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Thought Of The Day, Try Again

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Addiction Recovery, Inspirational Adversity

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

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

- Vince Lombardi

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Best Of Me, Best Coaches

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Daily Work, Going To College

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

- Jesse Owens

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Self Determination, Marathon Motivational

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

- Beverly Sills

source: "Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion". Book by Jacqueline Sweeney, 1997.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Empowering Women, Trying Something New

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

- Norman Vincent Peale

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Succes, Motivational Achievement

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

- Bill Cosby

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Self Determination, Steps To Success

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

- Will Durant

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Daily Work, Top Management

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

- Michael Jordan

source: Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

topic: Running, Wall, Giving Up, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

- Thomas Fuller

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Determination, Life Determination, Drive And Determination

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

- Charles Simmons

source: Charles Simmons (1852). “Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker”, p.513

topic: Determination, Might, Motivation And Determination, Will And Determination, Determination Motivational

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

- Joyce Brothers

source: "The Pocket Philosopher/ Psychologist" by Mark J. Merten, (p. 87), 2004.

topic: Positive, Success, Motivation, Student Success, Desire For Success

The best way out is always through.

- Robert Frost

source: North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging, Self Determination, Inspiration And Motivation

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Athlete, Winning, Important, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Determination

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

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

- Stephen Covey

source: Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports, Fire Within, Motivation And Drive

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Succeeding In Life, Organic Architecture

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

- William Ellery Channing

source: William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.42

topic: Inspirational, God, Stay Strong, Obstacles And Challenges, Overcoming Challenges

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

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

- Lou Holtz

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Inspirational Football, Softball Player

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

- Henry Ford

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Hurdling Obstacles, Making A Fool Of Yourself

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

- William Feather

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Best Success, Perserverance

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Change, Positive, Impossible Dream, Pursue Your Dreams

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

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

- Mario Andretti

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Inspirational Commitment, Inspirational Determination

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Maximum Effort, Maximum Potential

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Best Success, Inspirational Football

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

- Anatole France

source: Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Journey To Success, Inspiration And Motivation

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Advice, Action, Self Determination, Importunate, Trying Something New

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

- Marilyn vos Savant

source: "Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good". Book by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, 1987.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Journey To Success, Inspirational Determination

Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

- Lloyd Jones

topic: Inspirational, Success, Courage, Determination Motivational, Determination To Succeed

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Perserverance, Just Give Up

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Fitness, Inspirational Determination, Inspirational Health And Fitness

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

- Earl Nightingale

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation, Inspirational Goal, Inspirational Goal Setting

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

- Moliere

topic: Motivational, Positive, Perseverance, Hurdling Obstacles, Strength In Adversity

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Happier Life, Just Want To Be Happy

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

- Bruce Lee

source: "Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living" edited by John Little, (p. 121), 2000.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Determination, Martial Arts Inspirational, Inspirational Determination

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

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

- Stephen Leacock

source: Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Daily Work, True Believer

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Inspirational Perseverance, Carbon Dioxide

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

- David Sarnoff

topic: Perseverance, Differences, Persevere, Life Determination, Determination Motivational

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

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

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Life, Positive, Happiness, Self Determination, Fear None

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills

source: "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

topic: Positive, Shortcuts, Grad, Go Hard, Inspirational Graduation

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.

- Claude M. Bristol

topic: Determination, Effort, Resistance, Inspirational Determination, Obstacle In Life

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

- Jacob August Riis

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership, Determination And Persistence, Will And Determination

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

source: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.497, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Inspirational Determination, Inspirational Perseverance