Daphne du Maurier Quotes

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person.

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it.

We believe in our destiny. We do not shrink from any sacrifice.

Commitment cannot be mandated; it can only be invited.

I would fight till I'm dead. This is why I am here. I am put on Earth to fight. I feel it deep in my waters.

I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way.

It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.

No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.

If I can't - then I must. If I must - then I will.

Life has a way of getting what it wants when it really knows what it wants.

I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.

When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

I’m with Julian,” I say at last. This, after all, is what I have chosen.

If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will not cease to work for it as long as I live.

When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

There are things that I would like to do, but I make a big distinction between liking to do something and wanting to do something. If there's something that I want to do I've done it. If there's something that comes up that I want to do I will do it.

Always look at what your goal is. Understand that there are going to be days when you feel like crap. There are going to be days where you feel like "I don't want to do this" but you've got to understand what you're doing it for.

Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word.

"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."

Knowing exactly what you want to do, with unwavering conviction, is the spark that generates everything.

I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.

My friend wants to get moving and so do I,' Eddie said. 'We've got miles to go yet.' I know that. It's on your face, son. Like a scar.' Eddie was fascinated by the idea of duty and ka as something that left a mark, something that might look like decoration to one eye and disfigurement to another. Outside, thunder cracked and lightning flashed.

I go at what I have to do as if there were nothing else in the world for me to do.