10 Thought-Provoking Determination Quotes

Today, we will be diving into 10 thought-provoking determination quotes.

Determination is a strong resolve to make things happen. It’s what drives us to achieve our goals. Determination pushes us forward. With determination comes resilience, perseverance, and consistency.

As with all my quote posts, I provide the quote and then write my thoughts on it.

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Let’s dive into 10 thought-provoking determination quotes.

Our greatest weakness is giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. – Thomas Edison

We often give up way too quickly and too easily. If we keep giving up, we never finish important projects, which means we never get that feeling of satisfaction and achievement.

Many of the things that we want take work. Many of them are hard or at least complex, and it’s easy to give up when things are hard.

But when we really want something hard, we must keep going.

A winner is just a loser who tried on more time. – George M. Moore Jnr

We are so used to defining people into categories. Winner, loser, lazy, successful, stupid, smart. So many titles. So much judgement, especially when it comes to other people.

We need to drop the name-calling.

This quote also touches on the theme of not giving up.

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Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson

Time keeps marching forward. There’s not much we can do about that.

But we need to make sure we are moving forward as well. We need to make sure we keep going. This is not easy. Life throws so much at us; it can be hard to bounce back.

Keep progressing forward one hour, one day, one week at a time.

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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

Dreams are nothing without action. Along with determination, dedication, self-discipline, and energy, we also need consistency and high quality.

A lot of the time, people talk about their dreams, but that is all they do. They just talk. They don’t back up their talk with action.

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The best way to not feel helpless is to get up and do something. – Barack Obama

No one wants to feel helpless (or hopeless) for that matter. The way to counteract feeling helpless is to take action.

You have to do something.

It might mean helping someone less fortunate, or taking a small step to change your circumstances. It might be as simple as doing something to make you feel more positive and happy. A change in mindset can fill you with a sense of power and hope.

Doing something might mean saying no to something. Saying no to indulging in your vices and bad habits is a good place to start.

If you want to feel less helpless and get results, you need to take focused, intentional actions.

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If opportunity does not knock, build a door. – Milton Berle

We can’t sit around waiting for opportunities to fall in our laps. We can’t expect success to magically happen without us doing anything.

Instead, we need to seek out and create our own opportunities.

You need to build a door to get you from where you are now to where you want to be, and you have to be prepared for all the hard work of stepping through it.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. – Stephen R. Covey

The decisions you make in life have a profound effect on you. Whether we like to admit it or not, we are all a product of our decisions.

Yes, circumstances do affect us. There is no denying that. But decisions are powerful.

Start making better decisions. Focus on improving your habits. Your habits are the key to a better life.

An excellent book to help you change your habits is Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way To Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda

Determination has helped people achieve amazing things. Many of which probably were deemed impossible at some point.

But first we must believe. We must believe that things are possible. We must believe that hard things are achievable.

A book that can help with doing hard things is Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness by Steve Magness

It does not matter how slow you do as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

As someone with a chronic illness who has limited energy, this quote really appealed to me.

Everything takes me 20 times longer (at the very least) than it would for a healthy person. Many tasks I can’t do at all.

When I do try to do something, it is a slow process. It is very frustrating, but the key is to look past the frustration and focus on the progress. Even the smallest, slowest baby steps forward are progress.

Progress, no matter how small or slow, is the priority.

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

I have always loved this quote. As someone who has failed spectacularly at something that meant a great deal to me, it can be devastating. We feel like it will shatter us to our core.

Failure often comes with a ton of shame, guilt, and even grief. Denial is also a common emotion.

But courage can help us overcome these feelings. Courage, consistent action, and facing our problems head-on are what will move us forward.

It’s getting back up again after failure that truly is courageous.

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Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. – Jennifer Lee

I liked this one because it talks about living your life with passion.

I know the whole ‘follow your passion’ thing can feel a bit overdone. It’s been plugged pretty hard over the last couple of years. Particularly in the working for yourself and being your own boss genre.

In reality, we won’t all follow our passions and run our own businesses, but we can still make the most of the hobbies we love. We can follow our passion through travel, laughing with our family and friends, and through our creative interests, sports, and the arts.

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