#determination

I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them. ↗

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

#determination #inspiration #motivation #negativity #self-confidence

Take your time. Stay away from the easy going. Never take the same way twice. Gunny Arndt's rules for successful reconnaissance; Guadalcanal 1942 ↗

— GYSGT Charles C. Arndt

#inspiration #military #usmc #inspirational

Ive told you before and my feelings haven't changed. I love you Sakura. Even if I cant match up to Natsume, my feelings would not lose to his. Even if we part ways and you forget about me, I will always think of you. Even if I grow old and leave this academy, I will definitely come see you. I'm here for you, until the day you look my way, I will always... I will always wait for you, together with Natsume. And this time around, I wont let Natsume steal you away again. Next time we meet, I will be more straight forward with my feelings, so that this time around, it wont be Natsume, but me you will choose, and me you will love. I wont lose, definitely." - Ruka ↗

— Tachibana Higuchi

#feelings #gakuen-alice #love #patience #change

Our lives are nothing but a short span of time. And if we spend tons of time earning money that we simply throw away, then we're throwing away part of our potential. ↗

— Shmuley Boteach

#self-determination #self-help #inspirational

In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference is that if that one person in a thousand is a man, we say, simply, that he is passionately keen on his job; if she is a woman, we say she is a freak. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ↗

— Dan Gable

#alloy #called #determination #gold #gold medals

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#american people #courage #determination #patience #people

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland. ↗

— James Larkin

#best #class #co-operative #commonwealth #could

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#before #determination #done #effective #energy