David Gemmell Quotes

I shall fight on, I shall fight to win.

If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

Fight to the bitter end.

When you fight -- fight to win

Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

Confidence is a static state. Determination is active. Determination allows for doubt and for humility - both of which are critical in the world today. There is so much that we don’t know, and so much that we know we don’t know. To be overly confident or without doubt seems silly to me. Determination, on the other hand, is a commitment to win, a commitment to fight the good fight.

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

I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.

I will not give or back off from my path.

We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.

There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.

I have two things going for me. The first is the fidelity to my principles, and the other is my ability to show up for the fight every day. Period that.

Resolve in advance to persist until you succeed, no matter what the difficulty.

People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.

We're going to fight this battle with everything we have, and we will probably lose. But then we will fight it again, and we will lose a little less, for this battle will win us many supporters. And then we'll lose *again*. And *again*. And we will fight on. Because as hard as it is to win by fighting, it's impossible to win by doing nothing.

I will fight for what I believe in until I drop dead. And that's what keeps you alive.

Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.