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DETERMINATION QUOTATIONS

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

Japanese Proverb

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."

Leonardo da Vinci

"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

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

Henry van Dyke

"If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Mary Pickford

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

Og Mandino

"Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination."

Grace Lichtenstein

"Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living."

Anonymous

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."

Tommy Lasorda

"A will finds a way."

Orison Swett Marden

"Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway."

Garrison Keillor

"The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things."

Mike Dooley

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Determination is they key to sccess!!!

Aniya from 5620 Clear Drive
April 4, 2017

if you are determined to do something than no power in world can stop u to fulfill your dreams.be determined and live a determined life.....

shivani from fiji
June 29, 2014

people say that one person can't do it but if you believeyourself and determine yourself with sucess you can do anything.

jillian from cheyenne
April 23, 2014

i am nt publishing for my fame but,the strong will i have that people will come to know that there is nothing more than determination

satvika from hyderabad
April 17, 2014

determination will surely allow u to accomplish in you life

satvika from hyderabad
April 17, 2014

have a strong will which will allow you to succeed in your life.......dont make it force fully

satvika from hyderabad
April 17, 2014

if it doesn't get rough you're not going anywhere

Sean from chagrin
January 26, 2014

Determination is the engine which drives perseverance. But the beginning of it all is commitment.

Bortier from Ballarat
September 30, 2013

Yes I agree that determination is the ability to keep pushing no matter what. However, this is the same as addiction. knowing when to yield is just as important as determination in my opinion. A strong mind can also be a mind that cannot change direction for the better when needed. The current of determination is good if not tainted with ignorance.

Josie from Brisbane Austraia
December 9, 2012

It's really awesome!

alexia revatores from taguig
November 16, 2012

Brooke, sua história é muito bonita e admirável

Anderson de Sousa Almeida from Colatina
November 15, 2012

Stopping at nothing, And doing what's in your heart, You know is right, ...means determination

Mahesh from Chennai ,India
July 26, 2012

Determination is the act of not feeling sorry for oneself, because if we do then negative & destructive thinking & emotions will take control. Our Creator expects to less because we were created in his Image. Brooke has the determination but a strong will to succeed despite her problems, a great example to the rest of us.

keenpetite from Southeast Arizona
February 18, 2012

Determination is the ability to keep pushing no matter what obstacles are put in your path, a single person with a purpose and the determination to accomplish such a task is a force to be reckoned with, a force that once going, cannot easily be stopped.

Logan from Kent, WA
September 3, 2011

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