50 Determination Quotes to Drive You Past the Dungeon of Despair

"Determination is not a solitary choice but thousands of them. You cannot decide to be determined, it must occur repeatedly, concertedly, and with commitment."

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?"

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself."

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

"If drive is the fuel that keeps you motivated, determination is the long view commitment to the goal. When everyone else is done for the day, the determined stay for an extra hour honing a skill, working on their gear, or studying something new. World-class performers aren’t always the most naturally talented at their craft. They are, however, the hardest working and most determined to be the best they can be at what they do."

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire."

"One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because of his lucky star, or the bad luck of his opponents. You must overcome this negative instinct, which affects all of us, and which is the only difference between the person who wins a race, and those who lose. This is the battle you have to fight every day of your life."

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying."

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."

"We grow the most through quiet determination and perseverance, expressed through a commitment to doing today what others won’t."

"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent."

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination."

"Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan."

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional."

"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."

"Embrace the Suck."

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then find the way."

"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!"

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."

"We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

"You’ve got to stay patient, stay in the moment, and keep grinding. You never know what can happen."