To be successful, you need to be determined. If you want more dedication, these determination quotes are a fantastic place to start.
Even though determination can be a good and powerful motivator, it can be very hard to stay determined when we face problems and setbacks. We have to be very determined to reach the goals we set for ourselves, whether they are to lose weight or to stop smoking.
What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations … is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one’s own efforts.
-HANNA ARENDT
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
-HOSHANG N. AKHTAR
All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.
-CARL LOTUS BECKER
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy – invincible determination–a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.
-SIR THOMAS BOWELL BUXTON
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
-JOHN CALVIN COOLIDGE
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 M. DEVOS
Where the determination is, the way can be found.
GEORGE S. CLASON
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
-DR. THOMAS FULLER
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
–CHARLES DICKENS
Our determination to imitate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.
-DECIDERIUS ERASMUS
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
-DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
Determination motivational quotes
Determination is what drives us to improve ourselves and make positive changes in our lives, and it also increases our chances of succeeding. It helps us build dreams, live healthier lives, and grow closer to other people.
We can dream bigger and do more for ourselves when we are determined. When we look up to hard-working, successful people, it makes us more determined and gives us ideas for new goals.
So, here are some of the most motivational quotes about being determined to help you follow your dreams.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination.
-TOMMY LASORDA
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.
-VINCENT THOMAS VINCE LOMBARDI
Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
-J. DONALD WLTERS
The pride of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
-VINCENT THOMAS VINCE LOMBARDI
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
-HARRY S. TRUMAN
The most essential factor is persistence – the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
-JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
-HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER STOWE
One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, determined, tireless enemy.
-FRANK SHUTTS
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of not giving up is the habit of victory.
-HERBERT KAUMAN
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