Daniel H. Hill Quotes

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men 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.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Desire +Stability = Resolution, Resolution +Hard work=success

I never gave up. I never quit. I've been a leader all my life, from elementary school to president of my class to excelling at college. I had a dream, and my dream sustained me. I wasn't going to let anything stand in my way. I was like a meteorite. I wanted to become a star. It's been quite a journey.

"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.

It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.

There is always room at the top, don't let them tell you there is not.

I learned pretty quickly that it's your WORK ETHIC that LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD. Education helps, but I've met failures who have Ph.D.s. I believe the hardest worker is always going to win.

Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

All great success and achievement is preceded and accompanied by hard, hard, work. When in doubt, 'try harder.' And if that doesn't work, try harder still!

"Genius is divine perseverance." Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.

If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner.

Sometimes success is disguised as hard work.

Set your goals and go out and do what you need to do to get it.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

When you make up your mind to do good things, you will accomplish them if you use dynamic will power to follow through. No matter what the circumstances are, if you go on trying, God will create the means by which your will shall find its proper reward.

I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.