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3e0a20d He that can have patience can have what he will. inspirational determination patience Benjamin Franklin
084df20 People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop. action change empowerment motivational success life inspirational determination Steve Maraboli
0ef1276 Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor. hackers determination Cory Doctorow
01f5423 Get comfortable with being uncomfortable! exercise life-lessons inspirational fitness determination Jillian Michaels
51b6405 People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. Live your truth and don't EVER stop! follow-your-dreams courage living motivational truth inspirational clarity determination Steve Maraboli
a26dd7f I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. learning homer-hickam october-sky rocket-boys determination curiosity Homer Hickam
3e03ebb 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. perseverance living hope life determination Jeanette Winterson
eaf6eaf If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it. action bravery doubt feelings follow-your-dreams good-enough just-do-something passion perseverance pursue-your-dreams risk take-action courage musician persistence faith fear confidence dreams motivational success inspirational actor just-do-it athlete concern business encouraging career security ambition determination contentment skill worry emotions gift talent insecurity Criss Jami
65c5359 Why can't I go to Idris with you, then? Because it's not safe for you there O and it's safe for me here? I've been nearly killed almost a dozen times in the past month. That's because Valentine has been concentrating on the two Mortal Instruments that were here. He's going to shift his focus to Idris now. We all know it-- We're hardly as certain of anything as all that. And the Clave wants to meet Clarissa. You know that, Jace. The Clave can screw itself. humor determination Cassandra Clare
77e9232 Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. inspirational adversity determination Napoleon Hill
6177232 Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return as heroes who have fought and conquered, and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe. men frankenstein determination Mary Shelley
cf3ccd9 If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself into the enemy's trenches, and if, once in this crater, he does not work like a miner on whom the walls of his gallery have fallen in; if he contemplates difficulties instead of overcoming them one by one ... he is simply looking on at the suicide of his own talent. writing empowerment determination energy devotion creative-process talent Honoré de Balzac
ac897e9 I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language. words literature books dreams national-poetry-month famous-quotes-from-classic-books literary-inspiration endurance nanowrimo prolific-authors writers-and-writing famous-authors the-writing-life determination language genius writers creativity jack-kerouac Aberjhani
84ab143 Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be. believing-in-yourself determined determination believe James A. Owen
3da6b45 "Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. "I never knew a girl to have such gumption," she'd say. "But I'm not too sure it's a good thing." mixed-feelings strong-willed-child daughter determination mother Jeannette Walls
ffa044d . . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can. determination Karen Cushman
8bb43e1 ...nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you in half and keep on going until you get to the other side. life vileness determination Peter Straub
b4cc514 Only trust me! You have fallen into a fit of despondency and there is not the least need! In fact, nothing could be more fatal, in any predicament! It encourages one to suppose that there is nothing to be done, when a little resolution is all that is wanted to bring matters to a happy conclusion. resolution determination predicament Georgette Heyer
e2b69a4 I won't die. I won't give those ghouls the pleasure. I'll live and grow strong. I'll escape, then hunt them down and make them suffer. willpower determination cool Darren Shan
3a16830 Dad will come back,' said Charlie quietly. When Mrs Bone turned to him, she didn't look sad at all, in fact she was smiling. 'You know, Charlie, I'm beginning to believe you,' she said. 'After what happened to Henry, I can believe almost anything. charlie-bone mr-pilgrim saddness henry missing determination impossible mother father Jenny Nimmo
6c8a13d My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all. determination Ann-Marie MacDonald
9f0d783 The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is. perseverance determination Homer Hickam
3644764 "Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else." equality perseverance dreams success life aims hardships dedication ambition trials determination difficulties fairness Lois Lowry
375f331 The more it rains and blows, the more certain we are to have him. determination resilience north-and-south resistance Elizabeth Gaskell
cca3330 Me and Call have always liked to get where we started for, even if it don't make a damn bit of sense. determination Larry McMurtry
edadba2 But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at one, I would do nothing forever. courage activism hard-choices determination Naomi Novik
b3f54d1 I am determined to be more than my body--what my body has endured, what my body has become. Determination, though, has not gotten me very far. endurance determination Roxane Gay
df086ec I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whiskey, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and of Eddie Mars and his pals. I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up. persistence grit private-detective determination Raymond Chandler
96a0807 Henry knew sin was a challenge to life; not an act of unreason, but an act of courage and determination. determination sin John Fowles
3f7acce "I'm trying to ruin it!" Will had bellowed back. "So I can figure out how to do it perfectly! How can you learn anything if you won't take risks?" perseverance taking-risks innovation determination Lois Lowry
1eba4ba That he survived, and indeed returned to government, was one of man's occasional triumphs over medicine. conventional-wisdom determination Barbara W. Tuchman
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