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DETERMINATION QUOTATIONS
“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

“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

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

Gail Devers

“Never, never, never give up.”

Sir Winston Churchill

“If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ”Here comes number seventy-one!””

Richard DeVos

“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

Colin Powell

“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

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

Tommy Lasorda

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”

Japanese Proverb

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

Garrison Keillor

“Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living.”

Anonymous

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

Henry van Dyke

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Your Comments
Aniya from 5620 Clear Drive APRIL 4, 2017
Determination is they key to sccess!!!
shivani from fiji JUNE 29, 2014
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.....
jillian from cheyenne APRIL 23, 2014
people say that one person can't do it but if you believeyourself and determine yourself with sucess you can do anything.
satvika from hyderabad APRIL 17, 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
Sean from chagrin JANUARY 26, 2014
if it doesn't get rough you're not going anywhere
Bortier from Ballarat SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Determination is the engine which drives perseverance. But the beginning of it all is commitment.
Josie from Brisbane Austraia DECEMBER 9, 2012
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.
alexia revatores from taguig NOVEMBER 16, 2012
It's really awesome!
Anderson de Sousa Almeida from Colatina NOVEMBER 15, 2012
Brooke, sua história é muito bonita e admirável
Mahesh from Chennai ,India JULY 26, 2012
Stopping at nothing, And doing what's in your heart, You know is right, ...means determination
keenpetite from Southeast Arizona FEBRUARY 18, 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.
Logan from Kent, WA SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
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.

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