#Determination Quotes

“Sound trumpets! Let our bloody colours wave! And either victory, or else a grave.”

“My free drift Halts not particularly, but moves itself In a wide sea of wax; no levelled malice Infects one comma in the course I hold, But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.”

“By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.”

“For I am fresh of spirit, and resolvedTo meet all perils very constantly.”

“Fight to the last gasp.”

“Why, then the world ’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.”

“Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.”

“I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats;If it be man's work, I'll do't.”

“We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man.”

“Experience teacheth that resolution is a sole help in need.”

“Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine,Nor age so eat up my invention,Nor fortune made such havoc of my means,Nor my bad life reft me so much of friends,But they shall find awaked in such a kindBoth strength of limb and policy of mind,Ability in means, and choice of friends,To quit me of them throughly.”

“Put onThe dauntless spirit of resolution.”

“If there is a good will, there is great way.”

“There is Throats to be cut, and Works to be done.”

“Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.”

“For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.”

“He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.”

“I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.”

“I have nothingOf woman in me; now from head to footI am marble-constant.”

“Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.”

“By my soul I swear, there is no power in the tongue of man to alter me.”

“Strong reasons make strong actions.”

“Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat, To conquer France, his true inheritance?”

“A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.”

“And Caesar shall go forth.”

“No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.”

“Perseverance, my dear Lord. Keeps honour bright.”

“We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.”

“When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne”

“You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.”

“We shall go forward together. The road upwards is stony. There are upon our journey dark and dangerous valleys through which we have to make and fight our way. But it is sure and certain that if we persevere - and we shall persevere - we shall come through these dark and dangerous valleys into a sunlight broader and more genial and more lasting than mankind has ever known.”

“For what I will, I will, and there an end.”

“If you're going to walk through hell, keep going.”

“I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.”

“See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.”

“Self-actualizing people - highly functioning people who live at extraordinary levels of awareness - train their minds to focus on what they intend to create and what they intend to manifest, and they won't let anybody change their mind.”

“I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

“I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.”

“Never flinch, never weary, never despair.”

“When you're going through hell - just keep on going!”

“Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.”

“I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

“Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.”

“No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.”

“Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.”

“Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn't matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I'm going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy.”

“The cost of solving the Comet mystery must be reckoned neither in money nor in manpower.”

“Without victory there is no survival!”

“I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.”