What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man? – Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Robert Walton in “Letter 3”.
It is still not too late to act. It will take a far-reaching vision, it will take courage, it will take fierce, fierce determination to act now, to lay the foundations where we may not know all the details about how to shape the ceiling. In other words, it will take cathedral thinking. I ask you to please wake up and make changes required possible. – Greta Thunberg
No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. – Harold Rosenberg
I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. – George Bentham
There is nothing which any way pertaineth to the worship of God left to the determination of human laws. – George Gillespie
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. – Harry S Truman
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? – Henry James
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. – Horace Mann
Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination. – George Jackson
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. – George Horace Lorimer
There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not appear in conformity with the Catholic faith. It is not always easy to make this determination. – Godfried Danneels
The space program is not only scientific in purpose but also is an expression of man’s insistent determination to do the nearly impossible – to explore the unknown, even at great risk. – Harold Urey
We’re going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine. – Joe Biden
There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day. – James Dobson
Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation. – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
As president, my father will take on the bold and worthy fights. He will be unafraid to set lofty goals, and he will be relentless in his determination to achieve them. – Ivanka Trump
Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I’m a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can’t learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind. – Joe Nichols
All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities… toward full European integration. – Igor Luksic
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens
There’s a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination. – Jeb Bush
The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland. – James Larkin
I think I’m seen as trustworthy. I’m seen as having determination and persistence, and I’m seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues. – John Howard
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of. – Bethany Hamilton
I like to think that I’ve got determination, and I’m fiercely protective of the people I love. – Andrew Lincoln
It’s all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it’s that determination. – Judy Blume
I’ve always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you’ve got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish. – Chuck Norris
