Quotes About Determination

Pave your own path and be fearless.

Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other.

The road hasn't always been paved for me. People identify with that. Everybody passes through hard times, and I think that's part of my appeal - that I have, too.

The fight goes on with or without me, I'm just a pawn. But at least I'm a pawn on the morally right side.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

It's funny because from the time I was a kid, I knew what I was going to do. What's even funnier is that my dad and my grandfather didn't want me to work at the pawn shop, but I was deadset on it.

Sometimes if you don't take the easy option, it'll pay dividends in the long run.

All I can do is make sure I show up to fight, and then they have no choice but to pay me.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I don't even pay attention to the odds, to be honest with you.

We had to cope with the media writing things which were not true, which were insulting. At around 13 I decided I was just not going to pay attention.

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.

As single-mom female inventor, there was no path for that, so really I don't think people took me seriously for a really long time. Certainly the Miracle Mop being my first successful product, people started to pay attention, and I guess now they really pay attention.

I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.

I do everything with a purpose, and I don't really pay attention to the negativity.

You know there's a lot of haters out there that are jealous. We know how hard we work. We don't pay attention to it. If you did you'd lose your mind.

We don't really try to pay attention to the score, we just try to play to win.

I've learned you have to pay attention and stick with the game plan.

We know we can't win the Cup every year. But we certainly can be in position to win the Cup every year, and if we've done that, I think we've earned our paycheck.

I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.

A lot of work is going in, and it's not paying off. And it's becoming very frustrating for me.

I was a general contractor when I was paying for my first record.

There is something inherently foolish in soldiering on when there is no hope of payoff.

I always believe that it is his hard work that pays for a film's success.