Home / Topics / Determination Quotes

Determination Quotes

Browse 2896 quotes about Determination.

Determination Quotes

“Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity and custom; and most men only die because they know not how to prevent dying.”

People Knows Men Death Dies Dying Determination Endure Stupidity Customs

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how to bring out their reserves until they are overtaken by an overwhelming disaster, or until the sight of their blighted prospects and of the wreck of their homes and happiness stirs them to the very center of their beings.... There is something in defeat which puts new determination into a man of mettle.”

People Knows Men Home Seems Faces Know How Determination Sight Defeat Disaster Ruins Staring Great Men Overwhelming Reserves Wrecks Being There Prospects Mettle

Book:The Optimistic Life

Source: The Optimistic Life

“The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes.”

Hard Purpose Wise Bears Determination Providence Nevertheless Gracious Decree Inscrutable

Book:Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution. June, 1775, to July, 1776 (v. 3); July, 1776, to July, 1777 (v. 4); July, 1777, to July, 1778 (v. 5); July, 1778, to March, 1780 (v. 6); March, 1780, to April, 1781 (v. 7); April, 1781, to December, 1783 (v. 8)

Source: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution. June, 1775, to July, 1776 (v. 3); July, 1776, to July, 1777 (v. 4); July, 1777, to July, 1778 (v. 5); July, 1778, to March, 1780 (v. 6); March, 1780, to April, 1781 (v. 7); April, 1781, to December, 1783 (v. 8)

“A new danger now beset him [Grotius], the danger of becoming simply a venal pleader, a creature who grinds out arguments on this or that side, for this or that client: a mere legal beast of prey. Fortunately for himself and for the world he took a higher view of his life-work: his determination clearly was to make himself a thoroughly equipped jurist, and then, as he rose more and more in his profession, to use his powers for the good of his country and of mankind.”

World Country Use Sides Views Mankind Danger Becoming Higher Creatures Determination Argument Rose Mere Profession Beast Clients Prey Grind Jurists

Author:Andrew Dickson White

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

“A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.”

Ifs Mind Reason Action Failing Determination Noble Grounded Mind Changing

Book:Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete

Source: Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete

“The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose. There is determination to give the tale, the song, the painting, form -- to make it true and real to the theme, not to life.”

Giving Art Real Reality Form Purpose Artist Song Painting Determination Tales Confused Theme Imaginative

Book:The Sherwood Anderson reader

Source: The Sherwood Anderson reader

“Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares...or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.”

Share Determination Workers Copies Carbon

Author:Tony Benn

“National socialism is the determination to create a new man. There will no longer exist any individual arbitrary will, nor realms in which the individual belongs to himself. The time of happiness as a private matter is over.”

Men Matter Individual Determination Socialism Realms Arbitrary

Author:Adolf Hitler

“That has been the great achievement of our age: to so thoroughly flood the planet with megabits that every image and fact has become a digitized disembodied nothingness. With magnificent determination, our species has advanced from Stone Age to Industrial Revolution to Digital Emptiness. We've become weightless, in the bad sense of the word.”

Has Beens Facts Age Planets Revolution Achievement Determination Stones Species Emptiness Digital Flood Magnificent Nothingness Industrial Revolution Great Achievement Stone Age

Author:Alan Lightman

“The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance, which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration, to realizing economic determination, becoming mentally emancipated, and ushering in a political resurgence.”

Spiritual Political Social Realizing Economic Becoming Balance Determination Realization Cultivating Regeneration Resurgence Spiritual Balance

Author:Nnamdi Azikiwe

“Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.”

People Way Self Spirit Enjoy Born Work Demand Determination Tasks Function Self Determination Entrepreneurial Mindless Dice Entrepreneurial Spirit Daily Tasks

Book:The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope

Source: The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope

“I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best.”

Way Trying Kind Stills Different Courses Successful Player Talent Football Determination Different Ways Being Successful Different Kinds Football Player

Author:Alex Ferguson

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”

Hard Business Hard Work Giving Up Determination Tired Perseverance Persistence Keep Going Persist Exhausted Not Giving Up Never Giving Up Given Up Persevere Stay Strong Hardwork Hardworking Will And Determination Do Not Give Up Determination Perseverance Perseverance And Determination Inspirational Perseverance Determination And Persistence Great Perseverance Just Stay Strong Just Give Up Perseverence Getting Tired I Will Never Give Up Persistence Inspirational Patience And Perseverance Hardwork And Determination Never Give Up Hope I Will Not Give Up Dedication And Perseverance Hard Work Motivational Life Determination Motivation And Hard Work Never Give Up Inspirational Self Perseverance Perseverance Motivational Perseverance In Love Short Never Give Up Hard Work And Determination Determination To Succeed Persistence In Business Perseverance And Hard Work Hard Work And Persistence Not Giving Up Hope Tired Of Working

Author:Newt Gingrich

“To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.”

Self Black Determination Folks Self Determination Rhetoric Discourse Victimhood Fixation

Author:Bell Hooks

“Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.”

Self Feelings Games Winning Enjoy Greater Fate Masters Confidence Circumstances Determination Essence Empowering Self Determination Streaks Efficacy

Book:Confidence

Source: Confidence

“Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the defensive and atomized. However eloquent, their individual voices cannot compete with the roar of militant Islam's determination, money (much of it from overseas) and violence. As a result, militant Islam, with its West-phobia and goal of world hegemony, dominates Islam in the West and appears to many to be the only kind of Islam.”

World Kind Individual Wish Goal Voice Results Vision Violence Modern Determination West Islam Violent Modern Life Eloquent Militant Jihad Phobia Hegemony Islamists Burqa

Author:Daniel Pipes

“It's a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and of the concepts of liberty, freedom, and self-determination. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of economics. He (Obama) believes that the pie is fixed and that he needs to more equitably divide up the slices.”

Needs Believe Humans Self Liberty Human Nature Concepts Determination Economics Fundamentals Fixed Divides Self Determination Pie Misunderstanding

Author:Paul Ryan

“The human brain cannot release enough neurotransmitters to feel emotion a thousand times as strong as the grief of one funeral. A prospective risk going from 10,000,000 deaths to 100,000,000 deaths does not multiply by ten the strength of our determination to stop it. It adds one more zero on paper for our eyes to glaze over.”

Feels Humans Doe Enough Eye Strong Grief Emotion Brain Risk Thousand Ten Paper Determination Add Release Zero Funeral Human Brain Neurotransmitters

Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.”

Virtue Higher Determination Fuel

Author:Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni

“[Marx] explicates ideology as socially determined, [Stirner] as psychologically determined: both accuse it of remaining oblivious to its own determinations.”

Determination Determined Ideology Oblivious

Author:John Carroll

“A blind determination to save the prestige of personal existence, rather than, through an impartial disdain for its impotence and entanglement, at least to detach it from the background of universal delusion, is triumphing almost everywhere.”

Growth Existence Determination Universal Blind Backgrounds Delusion Prestige Disdain Impotence Entanglement

Book:One-Way Street

Source: One-Way Street

“I've come up through the ranks of this parliamentary party and let me tell you the principles that have guided me on that journey since my first election 25 years ago: Loyalty to the party, service to our country, and a determination to always do my best for the people. They are principles that still guide me.”

People Years Firsts Stills Country Party Principles Journey Years Ago Determination Let Me Election Come Up Guides Loyalty Our Country Parliamentary Guide Me

Author:Brian Cowen

“Mengistu does not understand the meaning of self-determination, either historically or in the abstract. He cannot conceive of a nation as anything but an absolute centralized authority, totalitarianism, for his rule is nothing less than that now.”

Doe Self Nations Authority Determination Absolutes Abstract Self Determination Totalitarianism

Author:Mengistu Haile Mariam

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

Ifs Inspirational Believe Mean Art Motivational Voice Creativity Creative Positive Positive Thinking Painting Confidence Determination Paint Perseverance Hearing Self Confidence Painter Persistence Believe In Yourself Within You Being Happy Be Creative Positive Life Self Conscious Creative People Inner Voice Insperational Loving Yourself Have Confidence Exam Self-doubt Creative Thinking Creative Art Creativity And Innovation Boost Self Confidence Famous Artist Best Self Self Esteem And Confidence Confidence In Yourself Creative Imagination Creative Ideas Imagination And Creativity Art And Creativity Ideas And Creativity Inspirational Success Failure Creative Expression Inspire Creativity Confidence Boosting Inspiration And Creativity Inspirational Art Inspirations Being Yourself Boost Your Confidence Imagination Creativity Great Imagination Student Motivation Self Confidence Motivational Artists And Writers Student Motivational Inspirational Self Confidence Raise Self Esteem Exam Motivational Live For Yourself Words Of Confidence Art Inspiration Improve Self Esteem College Success Most Encouraging Exam Success Encourage Students

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”

“For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.”

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.”

“There are reports that Kim Jong Un climbed North Korea's highest mountain. Kim Jong Un said all it took to climb that mountain was hard work, determination, and lying about climbing that mountain.”

Said Hard Lying Hard Work Mountain Highest Determination Reports Climbs Climbing Korea North Korea Kim

Author:Jimmy Fallon

“Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.”

Done Half Succeed Determination Determination To Succeed

Author:Mark Twain

“No matter what an individual decides to become, hard work and determination is very important in today's competitive world. You may also encounter hardships along the way, but you must not get discouraged and you push on in order to fulfill your goals.”

World Way May Important Matter Hard Today Order Individual Goal Hard Work Determination No Matter What Encounters Hardship Discouraged Hard Work And Determination

Author:Tom Monaghan

“The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.”

Men Done Wisdom Politics Economy Civilization Determination Liberalism

Author:H. C. Bailey

“If a man surrenders all power of self-determination in regard to the profits, management or ownership of the place where he works, he not only loses that special prerogative which marks him off from a cow in a pasture, but what is worse, he loses all capacity for determining any work. This is the beginning of a slavery which sometimes goes by the name of security.”

“And the fact that Emmett Till, a young black man, could be found floating down the river in Mississippi, as, indeed, many had been done over the years, this set in concrete the determination of people to move forward.”

People Men Years Done Facts Moving Young Found Black Determination Rivers Moving Forward Concrete Floating Mississippi Lynching Emmett Till

Author:Fred Shuttlesworth

“The way our world is set up, a higher economic priority is given to things that bespeak a greater refinement. It is just a determination that was made, to make money.”

World Way Made Success Given Careers Greater Economic Buddhism Higher Determination Priorities Making Money Our World Refinement

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up, and bearing with all their faults, follies, prejudices and mistakes until he can convince them that he is right.”

Mean Real Mistake Atheism Mankind Determination Prejudice Faults Positive Atheism Folly Convince Sensible

Book:Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion

Source: Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion

“I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination.”

Thinking Self Determination Eras Bus Self Determination Boycott Montgomery

Author:Joseph Lowery

“Remember that each of us has his own cross. The Golgotha of this cross is our heart: it is being lifted or implanted through a zealous determination to live according to the Spirit of God. Just as salvation of the world is by the Cross of God, so our salvation is by our crucifixion on our own cross.”

World Heart Remember Spirit Determination Crosses Salvation Crucifixion Spirit Of God Zealous Golgotha

Author:Theophan the Recluse

“Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. Confidence is important, determination is vital, certain personality traits contribute to success, but they all come into focus in goal setting.”

Important Certain Goal Focus Plans Personality Development Aspect Determination Personal Development Improvement Setting Settings Traits Setting Goals Personality Traits

Book:Unlocking Your Legacy: 25 Keys for Success

Source: Unlocking Your Legacy: 25 Keys for Success

“Hitler had a plausible case to argue when he claimed that the Anschluss was only the application of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination.”

Self Principles Cases Determination Arguing Application Self Determination Plausible

Book:Hitler, a study in tyranny

Source: Hitler, a study in tyranny

“Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-produ cing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.”

“Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom do you admire? What are their special traits that you would make your own It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to become wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become. If you have a daybook, write down who you're trying to be, so that you can refer to this self-determination. Precisely describe the demeanor you want to adopt so that you may preserve it when you are by yourself or with other people.”

“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”

“Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

“True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.”

Determination Energetic True Wisdom

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Since all living beings are bound by their craving for existence, you must begin by finding the determination to be free.”

Existence Findings Determination Bounds Craving

Author:Je Tsongkhapa

“it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.”

Pain Tears Determination Bearable

Book:Whistler

Source: Whistler

“Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.”

Self Action Principles Determination Mere Phrases Self Determination Peril Imperatives Statesmen

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“There can be no freedom in the large sense of the word, no harmonious development, so long as mercenary and commercial considerations play an important part in the determination of personal conduct.”

Long Important Play Business Development Determination Consideration Harmonious Mercenary

Book:Emma Goldman

Source: Emma Goldman

“In the middle-class United States, a veneer of "alternative lifestyles" disguises the reality that, here as everywhere, women's apparent "choices" whether or not to have children are still dependent on the far from neutral will of male legislators, jurists, a male medical and pharmaceutical profession, well-financed lobbies, including the prelates of the Catholic Church, and the political reality that women do not as yet have self-determination over our bodies and still live mostly in ignorance of our authentic physicality, our possible choices, our eroticism itself.”