David Crockett Quotes

I been the same dude my whole life.

People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.

Anyone who knows me knows that I stick with my decisions.

... I feel certain that his tale is true. Feeling that certainty, I befriend him. As long as that certainty shall last, I will befriend him. And if any consideration could shake me in this resolve, I should be so ashamed of myself for my meanness, that no man's good opinion - no, nor no woman's - so gained, could compensate me for the loss of my own.

The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.

I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

I'm not the one who was elected." Although she disagreed with her husband on "a lot of issues," she emphasized, "I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.

I'll retire when they pry my cold, dead fingers off of my Bible.

Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death.

Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

Step by step walk the thousand-mile road.

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.

What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it.

Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.

You either stick or you quit. And I wouldnt quit you I dont care what you done.

Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.

I'm staying," Henry said, annoyed. "Why?" "Because, if I leave, it would be like abandoning two mentally challenged people in a nuclear waste dump.

...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.

Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.