“Don t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.”
“Being strong-willed is not enough, however. You also have to be hard on yourself. Someone who was strong-willed but self-indulgent would not be called determined. Determination implies your willfulness is balanced by discipline.”
“There are moments of frustration in life. You must build good relations to support you in these moments. You must also learn to encourage yourself and decide to stay determined in life.”
“It s an unfortunate fact that I m easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I m stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve.”
“Although she was fragile in appearance, every prohibition lost substance in her presence.”
“She strode across the moors as if distance was a personal insult.”
“Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable.”
“He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, I shall win! --the cry of a gambler, the cry of the great general, the compulsive cry that has ruined more men than it has ever saved.”
“Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.”
“A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you, busy man about town with the sharp elbows. Hail and farewell to you! For I, Gemma Doyle, am to have a splendid Christmas in London town. All shall be well. God rest us merry gentlemen. And gentlewomen.”
“It seems kind of light for a dozen books. I think it s probably that unnatural number of Jason Statham DVDs you ordered. He has to have filmed a nude scene at some point in his career. I don t care how many shoot- em-up action movies I have to watch, I will find it, I said solemnly. Oh, yes, I will find it.”
“I am the gatekeeper of my own destiny and I will have my glory days in the hot sun”
“Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.”
“There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something.”
“He knew that she took life as it came, opposed her tough-fibered mind to whatever obstacles there might be, fought on with a determination that would not recognize defeat, and kept on fighting even when she saw defeat was inevitable.”
“Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Don t let anything get in your way.”
“My burden is my purpose. Without it, I wouldn t be.”