#determination

A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions (...) if one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is consolation - indeed, deep satisfaction - to be gained from his observation when looking back over one's life. #Page no.134 ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#courage #determination #trying #courage

You can't do what you want to, so just do what you have to. ↗

— Moveena Rasheed

#determination #inspirationa #rules-to-live-by #courage

Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind. ↗

— Criss Jami

#conviction #courage #determination #entail #genius

Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, and has so wrapped itself round with nerves and instincts that to cut it free and bring it to the light of day demands courage of the rarest. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #encroachment #feminism

To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I. ↗

— Hannah Senesh

#defiance #determination #hope #hope-and-despair #inspiration

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can. ↗

— Karen Cushman

#determination #courage

When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#conscience #conviction #demoral #determination #intrusion

I believe in the uncommon, the unusual and unlikely, even the miraculous.   I believe in nearly all things except impossibilities. That I can't fathom.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#determination #dreams #goals #impossibility #miracles

Between here and there is a journey, illuminated by the rising and setting of a radiant sun. Don't miss its splendor in your all-fired hurry to cross the finish line. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dreams #goals #journey #life #richelle

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#self-actualization #self-determination #self-fulfillment #life