Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-10] of 10 Determination quotesDetermination QuotesDetermination I answered that the die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.~ John Adams Posterity -- you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.~ John Quincy Adams Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.~ William Faulkner The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.~ Martin Luther I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.~ Nelson Mandela Now the truth of the matter is, there is nothing wrong with this country. Please. The message I want to leave with you is that there's nothing wrong with this country that the proper leadership won't cure. We've been here before. In 1787, the economy of our nation was in absolute chaos and as a consequence, they met in Philadelphia to form a new country, and when they did, they did the right things, and in the second State of the Union address, which was written at that time by George Washington, he said the foundations, the economic foundations of our nation are on such sound footing that it would have been a madman would have suspected 3 years ago. The fact is that the chaos that they're creating doesn't mean that America can or has to be in decline. It means that we need to remove them as rapidly as possible and get people that know what to do and America will continue to climb.~ Bob McEwen Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.~ Margaret Mead Under God we are determined that, wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever, we shall be called upon to make our exit, we will die freemen.~ Josiah Quincy, Jr. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.~ Theodore Roosevelt Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free.~ Robert Southey Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print