Quotes About Life Determination

#1. We each act as the creator of the self, and therefore, we strive to attain self-realization by understanding what we were in various stages of life including what we began as and what we transmuted into becoming.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#2. Again, all of life presents us with two basic ways to treat events. We can either label them "god for us" or "bad for us." The event is only an event. It's how we treat the event that determines what it becomes in our lives. The event doesn't make that determination- we do.

Chris Prentiss

#3. Trying is something we do when we think we can't do something. Even if your doing is not as perfect as you would like, decide to do it, and you will.
Lady Nimrod of Buckmore in The Princelings and the Lost City

Jemima Pett

#4. The ocean, like life, always has movement. A sailboat with all its parts together, in its wholeness, can lead it's own way, cutting through challenging waves with strength, ease, purpose and determination, no matter the pull and push of the waves.

Elaina Marie

#5. A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.

Hunter S. Thompson

#6. From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Kafka, Franz

#7. In intellectual honesty, we should be willing to study and explore the spiritual life with all the rigor and determination we would give to any field of research.

Richard J. Foster

#8. Don't let a breath escape from your body without Krishna's name. That should be our determination throughout our life.

Radhanath Swami

#9. Freedom is the grace of free-will.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. Look forward, in the direction of sunshine.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#11. I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

Karen Cushman

#12. I have patient to wait for what I desire.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#13. Bob Mathias was one of those rare individuals with the ability to inspire a nation through his determination and perseverance. He was a champion in every aspect of life, and he embraced the values that make our country and the worldwide Olympic movement special

Peter Ueberroth

#14. I think it has a lot to do with determination. I treat people the way I want to be treated and believe if you work hard you can have the things you want in life.

Bo Bice

#15. The greatest energy must be use for work.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#16. Love begets glory,Work begets story.LOVED WORK Begets A Story of Glory!

Sujit Lalwani

#17. A person must move beyond guilt and unexamined thoughts and motives in order to discover a purpose for living vibrantly.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#18. The animal is one with its life activity. It does not distinguish the activity from itself. It is its activity. But man makes hislife activity itself an object of his will and consciousness. He has a conscious life activity. It is not a determination with which he is completely identified.

Karl Marx

#19. How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or that by accident, survive or improve by the luck of the draw, with little choice or determination on our part.

Michael Ondaatje

#20. How are you going to choose to show up for life today?

Lisa Cypers Kamen

#21. Make time to read.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#22. Dare to travel on your defined path.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#23. Be strong and courageous!

Lailah Gifty Akita

#24. At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

Howard Thurman

#25. Your life, your world.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#26. I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.

Lee Iacocca

#27. I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, never stops. The whole of life is about another chance, and while we are alive, till the very end, there is always another chance.

Jeanette Winterson

#28. Calm for too long begs the question of whether we're in an all-out pursuit of life, or we're all-out of the pursuit of life.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#29. Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.

Gautama Buddha

#30. It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win.

Stacey Kade

#31. Let every man be master of his time.

William Shakespeare

#32. I will never understand the determination behind a fake personality

Leslie Paige

#33. You need a new strategy for every new situation.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#34. If you want courage, kill fear and blindfold ignorance

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#35. Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy.

Nhat Hanh

#36. He who does not at some time, with definite determination consent to the terribleness of life, or even exalt in it, never takes possession of the inexpressible fullness of the power of our existence.

Rainer Maria Rilke

#37. Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.

John Shelby Spong

#38. Life is short only if you are not living your purpose.

T.F. Hodge

#39. What drives your passion?

Lailah Gifty Akita

#40. When you overcome the difficulties of life, you develop an inner strength

Lailah Gifty Akita

#41. Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will!

Lailah Gifty Akita

#42. A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.

Nathan McCall

#43. When nothing is at stake, everything's a waste.

Crystal Woods

#44. The greatest secret of life is never give up. Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#45. I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk.

Daniel Day-Lewis

#46. Arise in mighty strength and pursue your dream.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#47. Work with great zeal.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#48. You have immense strength for every good work.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#49. 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

#50. Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.

Brian Tracy

#51. Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation.

Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

#52. A conquering force sustained the old folks and now centers us. Forming a collective of comeback saints, let us rally behind them and move forward. We're called to a new awakening and application of what we've learned from those who've looked over Jordan.

Deborah L. Parker

#53. It can be done. It will be done.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#54. I have this determination and drive to live a better life, change the world, and accomplish great things. Distractions are always there, but my purpose is so much greater that I'm always able to get back on focus.

Jeet Banerjee

#55. Stop. Stop that. Tell me what happened to you." She gently ran her fingers down the length of his chest.
Blake shook his head. "My life outside of this train station won't touch you." His green eyes swam with pain and determination.

Debra Anastasia

#56. We hold within ourselves the medicinal materials to mend self-inflicted injuries sustained while traversing the thorny obstacle course of life.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#57. As a teen I was totally that dumpy overweight nerdy girl that nobody wants to be in the stories you're told. And now I am a dumpy overweight nerdy adult and life is beautiful like a song. I'm not a flower that bloomed in the mud. Just a girl who stayed steady on the path of determination.

Lauren DeStefano

#58. The empty spaces of your soul are the ones you search for, pray for and want so desperately to be filled. They are also the spaces that will never be filled, until you are ready to do something you have never done.

Shannon L. Alder

#59. And now, the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and every highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Jacques Revaux

#60. I'm such a strong human being. I amaze myself even. If only you knew what I've been up against, you'd want my autograph. I'm a real life superhero.

Crystal Woods

#61. I became a feminist activist propelled in part by outrage and despair, and a stubborn determination to shape a life, and create a literature, that was not a lie.

Dorothy Allison

#62. Only bad things happen quickly, ... Virtually all the happiness-producing 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.

Gordon Livingston

#63. The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

Mark Twain

#64. Hard work, determination, and talent are key for any successful venture. But sometimes you need that fourth ingredient: dumb luck. Luck can never replace hard work and talent, but sometimes it can win out over both.

Abby Rosmarin

#65. He came back full of life and hope and determination.

Bram Stoker

#66. How do they do it?" He stopped at her side, his eyes on the jugglers. It seemed impossible that not one ball fell to the ground.
"Determination." She elbowed him playfully. "And being willing to make a few mistakes.

Leigh LaValle

#67. Making a decision takes a moment, living a decision takes a life-time.

Sherif A. El-Mawardy

#68. It takes great courage and determination, to keep looking for light in all the darkness of life.

Menna Van Praag

#69. What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.

Helen Keller

#70. In life, most short cuts end up taking longer than taking the longer route.

Suzy Kassem

#71. You cannot wish for happiness but you can work towards your life goals and create lasting happiness.

Roopleen

#72. 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

#73. It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!

Robert T. Kiyosaki

#74. A man must choose his own way of life, and ... it is only by following out one's own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.
[In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]

Winston S. Churchill

#75. To be able to live each day with honor, respect and dignity is the greatest achievement of all.

Roopleen

#76. The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination.

Che Guevara

#77. The P's of life: Positive, Passionate and Persistent life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#78. It is important to measure ourselves at least once in life, undertake a personal odyssey that constructs a clarifying prism of our being.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#79. I've come to learn that determination only gets you so far in life when you're completely devoid of ability.

Jane Costello

#80. Attitude is that little thing that will make the most difference in the accomplishment of your goals.

Roopleen

#81. If you fall still stand your ground and strive for that new start.

Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#82. Self-development requires direct action. Knowledge must precede action. The self's relation to the world must be grounded in reality through ideas and thoughts. Self-reflection and introspection expands our appreciation of life.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#83. One's own history can be the greatest educator

Deborah L. Parker

#84. Through our work and play, each of us eventually becomes a personification of what we cherish in life.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#85. Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.

Kahlil Gibran

#86. A person begins to live a moral life when they cease asking what life will provide them and begins to determine what he or she expects from oneself.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#87. To get where we want to go in life, we have to keep at it. We have to create a vision, make choices based on what moves us most swiftly toward our goals, and go after them with determination and single-mindedness.

Stedman Graham

#88. There are endless opportunities in life. You have to explore, search and seek the diverse options.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#89. I watched as she, with a half-life-worth of anger and resolve, flickered into this dark night and tried with all her might to get back what was taken from her.

Mo Daviau

#90. Don't let anyone tell your story. Pick up a pen and write your own.

Majid Kazmi

#91. I saw a man climb a mountain with no feet or hands and barely a stump for each arm and leg. At once I realized there was no excuse at all for me not to scale my own mountains.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#92. Run the race of life with all endurance.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#93. Energy and invincible determination, these two things will sweep away mighty barriers and will surmount the greatest obstacles

William Walker Atkinson

#94. (...) pick up your axe, start at the roots

don't miss the trunk, never forget:

to end life truly and finally

start at the roots or end there.

Moonshine Noire

#95. Raging fires grow from the tiniest spark; it is the same principle at work in life. As long as there's a spark, tend to your fire. Never give up.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#96. Love springs from the inside. It is the immortal surge of passion, excitement, energy, power, strength, prosperity, recognition, respect, desire, determination, enthusiasm, confidence, courage, and vitality, that nourishes, extends and protects. It possesses an external objective - life.

Ogwo David Emenike

#97. Don't dwell too much on the past. The lessons are useful for the present and a preparation for the future. Move on!

Lailah Gifty Akita

#98. To find one's purpose is to discover one's worth, discern one's direction, wholly dedicate oneself to the journey, and forge an unbending determination that I will not leave the world the way I found it. This week's blog outlines the finding of our purpose.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#99. The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing.

Alexandra Stoddard

#100. Desire is the key to motivation, but determination, commitment, and actions are the keys to success.

Debasish Mridha