#determination

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. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#daughter #determination #mixed-feelings #mother #strong-willed-child

If you think training is hard...try losing. ↗

— Davee Jones

#determination #inspirational #life #success #attitude

Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. ↗

— Jane Austen

#duty #feelings #integrity #joy #love

It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down. ↗

— Jack Johnson

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All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. ↗

— Michael Johnson

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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. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#extermination #law #mass #prefer #self-determination

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#day #determination #else #every #every day

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. ↗

— Ayrton Senna

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In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

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