“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.”

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

“The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.”

“Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former fall into it, and the latter pursue it at all costs. They won’t be denied. Nothing daunts them.”

“In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.”

“Growth is a gradual process and you must aspire to it every day. This must be backed with a strong determination to succeed.”

“Nothing that rest on some contradictory basis shall succeed or last in the long run ("ne saurait réussir ou durer, à la longue", Fr.); all that involve (or imply…) a contradiction is fatally destined, early or late, to disintegrate and disappear.”

“Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”

“The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.”

“He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.”