Determination is the quiet engine that keeps us moving when the path is steep and the challenges feel endless. Poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox captured this strength when she wrote that “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” These quotations honor that steady resolve — the part of us that refuses to give up.

Where the determination is, the way can be found. ~ George S. Clason

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ~ Roger Bannister

Great determination can overcome most odds. ~ Aesop’s Fables

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. ~ Gale Sayers

I think most about my determination to be born and to claim my place in the world. It is an image of a doer and an activist, never a victim. ~ Harilyn Rousso

A champion is one who gets up when he can’t. ~ Jack Dempsey

When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it’s never been hard for me to do. ~ Janet Jackson

You have to fight for the things you want. ~ Jennifer Lopez

I have a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves. ~ Margaret Thatcher

Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough. ~ Og Mandino

For the resolute and determined there is time and opportunity. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking that, more than anything else, determines its successful outcome. ~ William James