Life Determination Quotes

The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Calvin Coolidge

Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

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

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

William Feather

Inspirational, Positive, Success

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

Anatole France

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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

Thomas Fuller

Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Napoleon Hill

Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Eark Nightingale, Claude M. Bristol, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02”, p.144, Lulu.com

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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Elbert Hubbard

Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

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A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.

Robert Hughes

Motivational, Perseverance, Determination

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

William James

Running, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 03, 2014

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life, Motivational, Positive

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Inspirational, Life, Basketball

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Roger Bannister

Motivational, Success, Fitness

"The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Motivational, Strong, Determination

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If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

Les Brown

Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

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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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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

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

Will Durant

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli

Motivational, Determination, Business

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Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

George Washington Carver

New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!

Hector Crawford

Motivational, Positive, Perseverance

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Build what you want to see in the world.

Jack Dorsey

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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