CONVICTION / DETERMINATION

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The greatest definition of faith – Heb. 11:1 – “Faith is the assured expectation of what is hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities that are not seen.” – Apostle Paul - The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. – Alexander Hamilton

People seldom do what they believe in.  They do what is convenient, then repent. – Bob Dylan

If we’re facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking. – Confucius

Nothing is predestined.  The obstacles of your past can become the gateway that leads to new beginnings. – Ralph Blum

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – Henry Ford

We make a living by what we get—we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

It is dangerous to be right on matters on which the established authorities are wrong. – Voltaire

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. – Helen Keller

To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi

Three things that children must know—who’s the boss, what the rules are, and who is going to enforce them. – Lew Powers

Nothing is impossible.  Some things are just less likely than others. – Jonathan Winters

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt

“Dad used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.” – James Stewart -MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON – Lewis R. Foster (Screenplay))

Do or do not—there is no try. – Yoda – STAR WARS

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney

Character matters.  Leadership descends from character. – Rush Limbaugh

Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them? – Abraham Lincoln

“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway, and see it through, no matter what.” – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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“What? Was it from you that the word of God came forth, or was it only as far as YOU that it reached? - Apostle Paul - 1 Cor. 14:36 - the Holy Scriptures

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass                 

Attempt the impossible to improve your work. – Bette Davis

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou

You see things and you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were, and I say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw

Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out.

– Art Linkletter                       

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. – Aristotle

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi

Knowing is not enough, we must apply.  Willing is not enough, we must do. – Johan von Goethe

No one has ever achieved anything, from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first. – Laura Engalls Wilder

“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course of victory.” – Arthur Golden – MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop. – Confucius

When all else fails, follow directions. – Someone smart

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? – A good question

Ability is what you are capable of doing.  Motivation determines what you do.  Attitude determines how well you do it. – (Coach) Lou Holtz

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. – (General) Omar Bradley

Fall down seven times—stand up eight. – Japanese proverb

The day people stop bringing you their problems, is the day you’ve stopped leading them. – Colin Powell

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it. – Rousseau

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. – Henry Ford

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The only way you can control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. –Tom Hanks

It’s better to aim at perfection and miss it than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it. – Thomas Watson

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. – Victor Hugo

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. – German proverb

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however distant or far away. – Henry David Thoreau

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. – Anais Nin

Talent is the gift plus the passion—a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. – Neil Simon

The most romantic of all is to know the perils of marriage, and to get married anyway. – David Maloof

Crisis is opportunity riding a dangerous wind. – Dennis Waitley                       

I’m not a has-been—I am a will-be. – Lauren Bacall                               

Do what you love and you will find a way to get it out to the world. – Judy Collins

NO! – Probably the most used quote in human history

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire

Whether you think you can or think you can’t—you are right. – Henry Ford   

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Rienhold Niebuhr

If I didn’t reach my goals, I have gone higher than I would have if I hadn’t set any. – Danielle Fotopoulis                                                                       

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed for our prisons. – John Ruskin

Go on failing.  Go on.  Only next time try to fail better. – Samuel Beckett

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher

I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney

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“I simply want to tell you there are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.  Your father is one of them.” – Miss Maudie (neighbor) to Jem (Phillip Alford) – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Horten Foote (Screenplay)

Unless commonly held opinions are forced to be defended from time to time, they lose their vitality. – John Stuart Mill

The question isn’t, “Who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – THE FOUNTAINHEAD – Ayn Rand

Pursuing peace is more important than being right. – Gary Pulliam        

Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what we know should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference. – Ann Landers

In order to create a positive action, we must create a positive vision. – Delai Lama

If you can’t, you must. If you must, you can. – Anthony Robbins.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. – Helen Keller

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. – Washington Irving     

Conviction is worthless unless you convert it into action. – Thomas Carlyle

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Most obstacles are imaginary; the rest are only temporary. – Scott Sewell

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes time. – George Santayana       

“Do, or do not, there is not try.” – Yoda – STAR WARS – 1977

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. – Louis D. Brandeis

“Impossible” is a word found only in the dictionary of fools. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi

Oh, how sweet it is to hear one’s own convictions come from another’s lips. – Johan von Goethe

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson

CONVICTION / DETERMINATION - 5

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving

The four stages of man are infancy, adolescence, adulthood and obsolescence. – Art Linkletter

Even when we know our failings, we are motivated to do our best. – Carolyn Pulliam                   

We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are. – Anais Nin

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. – Mohandas Gandhi             

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop his skills, and uses his skills to accomplish his goals. – Larry Bird