“I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.”

- Wilma Rudolph

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”

- Sonia Johnson

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”

- Paulo Coelho

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

- Calvin Coolidge

“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”

- Anthony Robbins

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.”

– Abraham Maslow

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up.

It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning in Africa a lion wakes up.

It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a gazelle or a lion.

WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, YOU’D BETTER BE RUNNING!

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”

–Fight Club

“Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything. Do something. Anything.”

–Colleen Patrick-Goudreau