1. Most people fail because they do not have determination and perseverance. Extraordinary people are determined and persevere that is what makes them extraordinary.

- Catherine Pulsifer

2. 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

3. Nothing great will ever be achieved without great mean, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

- Charles Du Gaulle

4. Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one’s liberty.

- Henri Frederic Amiel

5. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

- Theodore Roosevelt

6. Working hard, being patient and being full of determination is perhaps the most fulfilling way of becoming rich.

- Robert Gardner

7. To succeed… you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

- Tony Dorsett

8. I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.

- David Livigstone

9. Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

- Zig Ziglar

10. If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

11. 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.

- Winston Churchill

12. A determined person will do more with a pen and paper, than a lazy person will accomplish with a personal computer.

- Catherine Pulsifer

13. A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose – a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

- John Maxwell

14. Life is not only merriment, it is desire and determination.

- Kahlil Gibran

15. 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

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

- Hector Crawford

17. A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.

- Mahatma Gandhi

18. When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work. But the real foundation is faith. Faith — the idea that ‘I can do it’ — is the opposite of fear (‘What if I fail?’). And faith creates motivation which in turn leads to commitment, hard work, preparation … and eventually success.

- Howard Twilley

19. The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.

- Author Unknown

20. Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Zig Ziglar

22. God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

- Swedish Proverb

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

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

24. The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

- Channing Pollock

25. A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

- Louis L’Amour

26. It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

- Napoleon Hill

27. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

- Roger Dawson

28. Never give up, for this is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

- Hariet Beecher Stowe

29. It is your determination and persistence that will make you a successful person.

- Kenneth J. Hutchins, 10 Powerful Habits of Success

30. 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

31. Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

- James Whitcomb Riley

32. We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.

- George Herbert Allen

33. If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.

- Tony Robbins

34. A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

- Colin Powell

35. Construct your determination with Sustained Effort, Controlled Attention, and Concentrated Energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait… they are captured by those who dare to attack.

- Paul J. Meyer

36. The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.

- Vince Lombardi

37. If you are going through hell, keep going.

- Winston Churchill

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

- Thomas Fuller

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

- John C. Bovee

40. It’s not about money or connections — it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone… And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.

- Mark Cuban

41. Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

- William James

42. There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.

- Unknown

43. Victory is the child of preparation and determination.

- Sean Hampton

44. Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

- Michael Jordan

45. Give the world the best you have, and the best will come to you.

- Madeline Bridge

46. Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

- Henry Van Dyke

47. I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.

- Tom Hopkins

48. It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

- Man Ray

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

- Thomas A. Edison

50. An Unfailing Success Plan: At each day’s end write down the six most important things to do tomorrow; number them in order of importance, and then do them.

- Anonymous

51. Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

- Jeremy Irvine

52. You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else.

- Chris Evert

53. It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.

- Mark Cuban

54. He conquers who endures.

- Persius

55. Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

- Horace Mann

56. The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

- Tony Robbins

57. Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people 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. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

- Calvin Coolidge

58. You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.

- George Lorimer

59. Some people dream of success… while others wake up and work hard at it.

- Unknown

60. For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

- James Allen

61. 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

62. Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

- Dan Gable

63. He who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces as to the idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.

- John Foster

64. America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

- Harry S. Truman

65. Fall seven times, stand up eight.

- Japanese Proverb

66. We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

- Sonia Johnson

67. Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

- Jim Rohn

68. Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.

- Brian Tracy

69. Courage is the foundation of determination. Determination and courage are the cornerstones of success.

- M. K. Soni

70. Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.

- Bo Jackson

71. You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

- William Faulkner

72. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

73. There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

- Vince Lombardi

74. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

- Buddha

75. Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success.

- Burt Lawlor

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

- Roger Bannister

77. I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

- Albert Einstein

78. Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace.

- James A. Murphy

79. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

- Roger Dawson