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People can attach themselves to something--an idea, another person, a desire--with an impossibly strong grip, and in the case of restless ghosts, a grip stronger than death. Will is a powerful thing. Will--it's supposed to be a good treat, a more determined and persistent version of determination and persistence. But will and obsession--they sit right next to each other. They pretend to be strangers and all the while meet secretly at midnight." -
Sep 13, 2025
We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.
Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
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.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.
Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.
What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
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.
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The best way out is always through.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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.
The harder I work the more I live.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.