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Determination quotes

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“They're all against me. But I have one advantage: they don't know what they want.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.” Ulysses S. Grant, “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant” - 1885

“Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages.” Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe” - 1820

“No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve.” Sophocles, “Antigone” - c. 441 BC

“Our day in Toulouse with the Airbus A380 has since brought my mind back time and time again to Howard Hughes and that film and has made me realise just how slim the line is between genius and insanity and between determination and stubbornness.” Richard Branson, “Losing My Virginity” - 1998

“But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.” Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451” - 1953

“It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly, and I have never turned my back upon one yet.” Isaac Asimov, “Foundation” - 1951

“Slow but steady wins the race.” Aesop, “Aesop's Fables”

“For, so long as he conceives that he cannot do it, so long is he not determined to do it, and consequently so long is it impossible for him to do it.” Baruch Spinoza, “Ethics” - 1677

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