Quotes about determination
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“Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes

“… there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

Life, World

“I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.”

Og Mandino book The Greatest Salesman in the World

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World

“An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.”

Ruth Ozeki book A Tale for the Time Being

Source: A Tale for the Time Being

Books

“Sounis had been thinking of Ambiades. "He would have been a better man under different circumstances."
Gen looked at him. "True enough," he said. "But does a good man let his circumstances determine his character?”

Megan Whalen Turner book A Conspiracy of Kings

Source: A Conspiracy of Kings

Thinking

“Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.”

Jodi Picoult book Handle With Care

Source: Handle with Care

“I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.”

Ben Carson book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

God, Way, Training

“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

Success, Motivational, Success

“Perhaps, but you would not exist without a woman, would you? However little use you may find us, we are cleverer and more determined and more patient than men. Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

Women, Men

“We think of mortality so little these days…
I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones.
Remember, pilgrim, as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I:
As I am so will you be…”

Tana French In the Woods

Source: In the Woods

Death, Thinking

“Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler”

Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)

Source: Gone with the Wind

God, Help, Selfishness

“There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.”

Sophie Kinsella book Shopaholic Abroad

Source: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

Business, Business

“Your attitude determines your altitude.”

Kathy Collins

Zig Ziglar
200 Motivational and inspirational Quotes That Will Inspire Your Success
Variant: Your attitude determines your altitude. - Zig Ziglar

Success, Inspirational, Attitude, Courageous

“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds …”

George Eliot book Adam Bede

Source: Adam Bede (1859)
Context: Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds...

“… character reigns preeminent in determining potential.”

Laura Hillenbrand book Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Source: Seabiscuit: An American Legend

“every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher

Thinking

“Jace looked as if she had slapped him. "Why are you determined not to believe us?"
"Because she loves you," said Valentine.
Clary felt the blood drain out of her face.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

Love

“Man is ultimately concerned about that which determines his ultimate destiny beyond all preliminary necessities and accidents.”

Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher

Systematic Theology (1951–63)
Context: Man is infinitely concerned about the infinity to which he belongs, from which he is separated, and for which he is longing. Man is totally concerned about the totality which is his true being and which is disrupted in time and space. Man is unconditionally concerned about that which conditions his being beyond all the conditions in him and around him. Man is ultimately concerned about that which determines his ultimate destiny beyond all preliminary necessities and accidents.

“I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows.”

E.M. Forster (1879–1970) English novelist

Love, Men

“It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!”

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

Life, Motivational, Inspirational, Positive

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American author and poet

"Will," included in Maurine: And Other Poems, p. 145 (1888). Often quoted by Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji.
Poetry quotes, New Thought Pastels (1913)
Context: There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;
All things give way before it soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force
Of the sea seeking river in its course,
Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?

Fate, Soul, Chance, Leadership

“I felt like a car that had only been operated by one driver… a car its new prospective buyer was determined to take to the Daytona 500.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead to the World

Source: Dead to the World

Cars

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)

Source: The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

Law

“It’s said that the biggest determinant of our lives is whether we see the world as welcoming or hostile. Each becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist

Source: My Life on the Road

Hostility, World

“Then they scrambled through the window and into the darkness, determined to turn themselves into what they were not.”

Jodi Picoult book Second Glance

Source: Second Glance

“But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.”

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer

Nature, Universe

“Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

Life, God

“Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.”

Sena Jeter Naslund (1942) American writer

Source: Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer

Time

“Every tomorrow is determined by every today.”

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship

“But America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”

Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)

Special Message to the Congress: The President's First Economic Report (1947)
Source: https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/4/special-message-congress-presidents-first-economic-report

Fear, Imagination, Courage, Courageous

“Direction, not intention determines your destination.”

Andy Stanley (1958) American Christian minister

The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Variant: Direction—not intention—determines our destination.

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

“Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable.”

Lora Leigh (1965) American writer

Source: Broken Wings

Time, Heart

“An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.”

Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986) American journalist

Reader’s Digest (May 1979)

“The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

Way, Feeling, Thinking

“What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?”

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein

Heart

“It is not biology that determines fatherhood. It is love.”

Kristin Hannah book The Nightingale

Source: The Nightingale

Love

“The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

Sadness, Parting, Personality

“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”

Ben Carson book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

People, Problem, Success

“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Feeling

“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“No wonder Barrons was so determined to keep me alive, and I had a Fae prince playing lapdog, and the Lord Master hadn't yet launched a full scale attack against me. They allme alive. I was Tigger. I was the only one.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Faefever

“Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom

“It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

Variant: It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Decision

“We needn't talk about Tessa if you don't want to, you know."
"It's not Tessa." This was true. Will hadn't been thinking of Tessa. He was getting good at not thinking about her, really; all it took was determination and practice.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Thinking

“It’s what is in your head that determines what is in your hands. Money is only an idea.”

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

Money, Idea

“Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!”

Solomon Northup book Twelve Years a Slave

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

Men, Fear, Dogs

“Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love”

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) German social psychologist and psychoanalyst

Love, World, Personality

“I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it’s shameful or immodest but because I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to look at something that determines me so completely.”

Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.”

George Sheehan Irish footballer

Courage, Success, Personality, Success

“Your attitude determines your altitude”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Success, Inspirational, Attitude, Courageous

“But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.”

Louie Giglio (1958) American clergy

Life, Pain, Heart, Parting

“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.”

Edward Luce (1968) journalist

The Retreat of Western Liberalism

Democracy

“To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.”

Malcolm Gladwell (1963) journalist and science writer

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

Happiness, World, History, Birth

“We overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't.”

Malcolm Gladwell (1963) journalist and science writer

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Hays translation
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
V, 16
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book V

Color, Soul, Thinking

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor

Variant: Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.

Life, People, Time

“Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker